Fran over at the Parish Blog of St. Edward the Confessor pointed me to this article on Thinkprogress.org
A new professional basketball league called the All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA) sent out a press release on Sunday saying that it intends to start its inaugural season in June, with teams in 12 U.S. cities. However, the AABA is different from other sports leagues because only players who are “natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league.” AABA commissioner Don “Moose” Lewis insists that he’s not racist, but he just wants to get away from the “street-ball” played by “people of color” and back to “fundamental basketball.” Lewis cited the recent incidents of bad behavior by NBA players, implying that such actions would never happen with white players:
“There’s nothing hatred about what we’re doing,” he 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.” […]
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.
Are you kidding me? We have a black man in the White House and yet overt racism still continues. Anybody else offended by this?
What cities would possibly allow them to have outposts? Well…they are supposedly looking to the Southern part of our country–where perhaps they’d have a better reception. What could some possible team names be?
Kissimmee Klansmen comes to mind. No offense to the great city in Florida.
Unbelievable.