Promoter wants to start all-white basketball league
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Promoter wants to start all-white basketball league - Out of Bounds - NBC Sports
I made a couple of calls to make sure this isn't some sort of prank, and sadly, it's indeed legit. A former pro wrestling promoter is starting an all-Caucasian pro basketball league which hopes to start in June in 12 cities, among them Augusta, Ga. The All-American Basketball Alliance announced its plans in a news release Sunday evening, hours before Martin Luther King Day. Excerpt: "Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league."
OK global warming, we're pretty much done here. We thought we were making progress, but you can go ahead and cook us up. Just try and spare the dolphins; they're smart.
Meet Don "Moose" Lewis, the commissioner of the AABA who incredibly, somehow did not acquire the nickname "Bubba" or "Skeeter." He told the Augusta Chronicle that the reasoning behind the league's roster restrictions is not racism.
But believe it or not, the Chronicle got a few emails supporting the league. It's my understanding that those emailers may have had relatives who were shot with arrows by Burt Reynolds during a canoe trip, and are still a little angry. But I could be wrong.
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I made a couple of calls to make sure this isn't some sort of prank, and sadly, it's indeed legit. A former pro wrestling promoter is starting an all-Caucasian pro basketball league which hopes to start in June in 12 cities, among them Augusta, Ga. The All-American Basketball Alliance announced its plans in a news release Sunday evening, hours before Martin Luther King Day. Excerpt: "Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league."
OK global warming, we're pretty much done here. We thought we were making progress, but you can go ahead and cook us up. Just try and spare the dolphins; they're smart.
Meet Don "Moose" Lewis, the commissioner of the AABA who incredibly, somehow did not acquire the nickname "Bubba" or "Skeeter." He told the Augusta Chronicle that the reasoning behind the league's roster restrictions is not racism.
"There's nothing hatred about what we're doing," Lewis said. "I don't hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here's a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."
Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." He pointed out recent incidents in the NBA, including Gilbert Arenas' indefinite suspension after bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room, as examples of fans' dissatisfaction with the way current professional sports are run.
"Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?" he said. "That's the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction."
I called the Augusta Chronicle to make sure this was real, and indeed, a nice fellow in the sports department confirmed it. He also assured me that the league will probably never get off the ground.But believe it or not, the Chronicle got a few emails supporting the league. It's my understanding that those emailers may have had relatives who were shot with arrows by Burt Reynolds during a canoe trip, and are still a little angry. But I could be wrong.
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Comments
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Segregation ain't cool no more.
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Read this today and to be honest he has the right to do WTF he wants. The telling point will be where his support comes from, what cities are willing to accommodate this, which Companies are willing to sponsor this. He wants to focus on Southern states, he might have a market there, but it was nice to see the mayor of Augusta say Hell no to this.
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Even if he got this thing off the ground I dont expect it to last......
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*drives to the basket and lays the ball up*
*is not wearing headband or armsleeve*
*draws contact and doesn't complain to the refs when its not called*
*makes basket, doesn't celebrate*
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It's not racist if all the cheerleaders are black
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this will fail on so many levels
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Ain't nobody gonna watch that ? . It'll be more boring than watching golf or professional bowling. This ? will never get off the ground anyway. You know Al Sharpton opportunistic ass gone jump on it immediately.
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white people so corny
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mobilefreepimpp wrote: »*drives to the basket and lays the ball up*
*is not wearing headband or armsleeve*
*draws contact and doesn't complain to the refs when its not called*
*makes basket, doesn't celebrate*
*hustles back to play defense*
C/s, as racist as it seems, that league would probably be a dream for a coach. Guys who know the fundamentals playing team ball. It'd be like 5 on 5 at the Y...but all the time -
There's a reason this will fail..TALENT....everyone knows the most talented ballers are in the NBA..that's what BBall fans want to see talent...it aint got ish to do with color..any white dude can pick up a ball and home his skills just like any black guy can....
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Or hone his skills.. and the best players want to play against each other.. tis is just idiotic racism not suprise.. and if you goto the comment section where this was posted youll see it.. well yall black ppl have BET.. and EBONY.. smh.. at these type of white people
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playmaker88 wrote: »Or hone his skills.. and the best players want to play against each other.. tis is just idiotic racism not suprise.. and if you goto the comment section where this was posted youll see it.. well yall black ppl have BET.. and EBONY.. smh.. at these type of white people
White folks ? me talkin' that ? , talkin' about how they should have a White Entertainment Television station if we have BET....like they don't already have cable television as a whole (INCLUDING BET, when Bob Johnson sold it to Viacom a few years back SMH)......talkin' about how we are racist for having HBCU's and things of that nature. They need to realize that a lot of the black-dominated outlets that we have now were created as a response to the denial into white-dominated outlets back in the day.... -
That league would be the woat I aint trying to watch a bunch of second rate players who couldn't make it in the NBA play in their own league.
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well it is the only way white players can get playing time.....
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The only way it isn't racist...is if all the owners are black and you make david sterns counterpart spike lee the commisioner...then sign the best players to slave ass deals with sean jean and rocawear. Then fine them 75,000 everytime there's a bad call and theydon't criticize the refs.white people like me wrote: »It's not racist if all the cheerleaders are black -
did this ? ever happen?
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Even crackers wouldn't watch this. White people love being entertained by talented black people. Been that way for centuries.
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Ah, let 'em. It'll be about as exciting as the WNBA.
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Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color."
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$ineedmoney$ wrote: »
This gif is symbolic in so many ways lol. -
If this happens I hope their all star team plays against the nba's. Btw there's not a lot to do in Augusta. You might have black people in the crowds just to laugh and talk ? .
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The National Layup Association
The dunk contest is gonna be won by whoever can bounce off the rim first. -
Them games would be boring as ? . Smmfh, cracka association woulda flopped harder than XFL.
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Them games would be boring as ? . Smmfh, cracka association woulda flopped harder than XFL.
Lmao...forgot about that ? .
He Hate Me tho>>
