US Army Retired
Rookie
- Banned
- #1
This is something you don't see every day, an all white professional basketball league. Will you go if it comes to a city near you and do you agree with the premise of it?
Whites-Only Basketball League: All-American Basketball Alliance Bans Blacks, Foreigners
A whites-only basketball league aims to launch in twelve cities this summer, according to a report in the Augusta Chronicle. The All-American Basketball Alliance would also ban players born outside the United States.
The report includes additional shocking quotes from the commissioner:
Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." ...
"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."
From the Augusta paper:
Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta 011910 - The Augusta Chronicle
Quote:
A new professional basketball league boasting rosters made up exclusively of white Americans has its eyes set on Augusta, but the team isn't receiving a warm welcome.
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"Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league," the statement said.
Whites-Only Basketball League: All-American Basketball Alliance Bans Blacks, Foreigners
A whites-only basketball league aims to launch in twelve cities this summer, according to a report in the Augusta Chronicle. The All-American Basketball Alliance would also ban players born outside the United States.
The report includes additional shocking quotes from the commissioner:
Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." ...
"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."
From the Augusta paper:
Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta 011910 - The Augusta Chronicle
Quote:
A new professional basketball league boasting rosters made up exclusively of white Americans has its eyes set on Augusta, but the team isn't receiving a warm welcome.
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"Only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league," the statement said.
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