New basketball league for White Americans - 12 cities

[RamboLiberal]

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.

The All-American Basketball Alliance announced in a news release Sunday evening that it intends to start its inaugural season in June and hopes Augusta will be one of 12 cities with a team.

"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.

Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver, who has publicly expressed his support for minor league teams in the past, said he would not do the same for this team.

"As a sports enthusiast, I have always supported bringing more sporting activities to Augusta," he said. "However, in this instance I could not support in good conscience bringing in a team that did not fit with the spirit of inclusiveness that I, along with many others, have worked so hard to foster in our city."

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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.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2010/01/19/nba_563760.shtml

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 league's commissioner, Don "Moose" Lewis, claims that he doesn't "hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now." Thus, he says, the All-American Basketball Alliance would be "a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like."

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."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/whites-only-basketball-le_n_429281.html

They should hire Rush Limbaugh as a commentator!

[Hell Hath No Fury]

1. Uhhhh...

:wow:

Please tell me this is The Onion??

[TK421]

2. Ummm...someone remind me what year this is? What decade?

x(

[8 track mind]

92. 1936, or at least it seems that way n/t

[louis-t]

3. My first thought was "rush finally was allowed to own a team"

[margotb822]

duzy, haha

[hatrack]

4. Is this a joke?

This has got to be a spoof.

[shawcomm]

23. Yeah, in this day and age

unbelievable

[blondeatlast]

5. What a fine way to cure my sleeping problem without chenmicals! nt

[AlinPA]

6. Just what is needed- a sports league for teabaggers and republicans.

[abelenkpe]

7. Can't imagine

this will be a social, commercial or entertainment success.

[AlinPA]

12. I can see it being very successful, there are a lot of racists who would support it. There may be a

problem getting the players, but even if the quality of play was low it would satisfy a lot of the rightwingers.

[abelenkpe]

39. I guess

Clearly there are a lot of racists out there. I'd just think they'd be ashamed to show up at a game as if it was outing themselves as a bigot. Is that what this country has become? A place where people are proud to be bigots? Proud to be uneducated? I think sociologists are going to look back at the beginning of this century and say America was suffering for some sort of mass insanity and hysteria brought about by the 2000 election and 911.

[The_Commonist]

43. To answer your questions...

Yes.

[AlinPA]

53. I truly believe teabaggers and the republican base are proud to be racists and bigots.

[mdmc]

57. Yup.. and the "champion" of these 12 teams won't beat my HS team

lol..

[marmar]

8. 'But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now'

And that's what it's all about for people like this.....They're are scared sh*tless of becoming the minority.

[tango-tee]

38. Good grief.

I can picture them on the court, legs getting all tangled up in Mom's best white bedsheets. This is a disgrace. Just when you think you've heard it all, along comes another asshole.

[Dappleganger]

9. These guys must've been getting their asses handed to them in city league.

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. ROFL...If you can't beat 'em...start your own league

Aren't these people supposed to be Randians? Aren't they supposed to value competition as the key form of life?

:rofl:

[Dappleganger]

19. I've spent a lot of hours doing stats

and you'd be amazed at the whiny babies who are sitting on the bench who'd rather do something like 'level their playing field' (IOW, play with other people who SUCK) than root for their team and actually learn something. It's absolutely sickening. Dumbass 40-something "I-used-to-shoot-only-3-pointers-back-in-the-day" thinks they can relive the glory days of their tiny private school when they were a big fish in a little pond. These are people who can't play in the real world so they try to make change the rules. Fark 'em, they all are wannabes.

[blondeatlast]

11. I wasn't going to say that myself, but--yup. nt

[HughBeaumont]

13. Is this for real? No, seriously . . . is this for REAL?

Unfuckshittingbelievable.

I mean, it's a phenomenally bad idea on the surface. It's almost like Andy Warhol's quote "Art is whatever you can get away with." translating over to life with the ugliness ramped up 1000 points.

YOU embrace people like these with PRIDE, TeaBirthers!

[Tailormyst]

14. How can they play with those white sheets draped over them?

Doesn't it make it tough to see?

[SoCalDem]

18. Lends itself to some interesting team names, though.. The Grand Dragons..

The Klansmen

The Whiteys

The Flaming Crosses

[Tailormyst]

26. "the flaming crosses"

Love it ! Can you just picture the poor mascot?

[Hugabear]

100. The Fighting Reichmen, Cascadia Aryans

n/t

[Solly Mack]

15. ....

Pep Rally




Half-time show




Homecoming Queen

[Brewman_Jax]

16. This is sad

Even sadder is that this exists and there appears to be some support for it. :-(

[nolabear]

17. That sound you hear is crickets in the empty arenas.

And what other 11 cities are going to be a part of this?

[AlinPA]

21. Somewhere in OK and KS might be a few possibilities. SC for sure.

[hfojvt]

27. thanks so much for bringing Kansas into it

like we don't already have the national champions in KU and a team that beat #1 Texas. The Kansas State Wildcats.

[KamaAina]

20. The final score once again: Augusta 7, Palm Beach 5.

Join us next week as the Hammond Ex-Judges take on the Virginia Beach Prophets, right here on the All-American Basketball Alliance Radio Network!

:sarcasm:

[joeybee12]

22. I love The Onion! Don't you???

What, it's NOT!!!!

:puke:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

64. That was my first thought....

...I was totally surprised when I didn't see a link to The Onion but actually a real news source.

[invictus]

24. LOL!

[MineralMan]

25. But....but...White Boys Can't Jump...

What about that? :sarcasm:

[Initech]

105. Dave Chappelle famously said that in "Robin Hood: Men In Tights"

[KingFlorez]

28. How stupid

Their fans will be limited to rabid crazies.

[rcrush]

29. Sounds like a boring ass basketball game

[martymar64]

116. A whole league of Washington Generals!

:bounce:

They can all compete to be the ones that get beat by the Harlem Globetrotters.

[Brickbat]

30. I don't like to take this kind of thing lightly, but all I can do when I read this is laugh. And I

mean laugh really hard.

Dislike the product that's out there? Fine, knock yourself out trying to put out a "new and improved" product. Go right ahead. I'm actually kind of impressed they're trying this hard. They won't get far, of course. "Fundamental basketball"? I just bet.

:rofl:

[change_notfinetuning]

31. Good one. And I hear it's a technical foul to jump. You Onion guys . . .

[HillWilliam]

32. Oh, joy; doofball

Why do I have images of that creepy Wrightnow family. What's their slogan going to be? "Basketball so white, it can only be played wearing a simple strand of pearls; nothing more and nothing less!"?

GMAFB

[Ganja Ninja]

33. Funny thing, I went to a Klan rally the other day and a Basketball game broke out.

Seriously isn't this the whole reason for NASCAR?

[Initech]

34. It should be called the AABAKKK league.

[BennyD]

35. I don't see this league making enough money to sustain itself for very long. n/t

[ddeclue]

36. OMG... I KNOW Deke.. I went to high school with him and we are Facebook friends..

:blush:

I'm so embarassed that Augusta was even considered.. I'm glad Deke has the good taste to say no..

:applause:

Deke is unfortunately a Republican but it would be hard to elect a Dem in A-RC these days...

oh.. and won't those pointy hoods keep falling off when they go up for the rebound?

:eyes:

[enid602]

37. rin gs

Do the cheerleaders all wear promise rings?

[MilesColtrane]

40. We've already got the Washington Generals.

[brooklynite]

41. By my reading, this would violate several Employment Discrimination Laws

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination in many more aspects of the employment relationship. It applies to most employers engaged in interstate commerce with more than 15 employees, labor organizations, and employment agencies. The Act prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Sex includes pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions. It makes it illegal for employers to discriminate in relation to hiring, discharging, compensating, or providing the terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Employment agencies may not discriminate when hiring or referring applicants. The Act also prohibits labor organizations from basing membership or union classifications on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

http://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Employment_discrimination

[AlinPA]

54. There would be fans lined up at the gates demanding to get into the games. The bigots would be

screaming like banshees "State rights" and the republican party will be supporting it the whole way.

[Canuckistanian]

42. It's the new NHL

The National Honky League.

[KG]

44. welcome to post-racial america!

[krabigirl]

45. If this is true, it should be illegal. Disgusting excuses for human beings.

[AspenRose]

46. The same people who get upset over "crotch grabbing" or Janet Jackson's boob

have no problem with a senator-elect doing a nude spread in Cosmo? Oh, wait...IOKIYAR, I forgot. :banghead:

Are they implying it's only blacks who crotch-grab? Have they ever seen Eminem or Madonna? :dunce:

[we can do it]

47. Apparently These People HAve Never Seen Jim Thome

"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?"

[JBoy]

48. Does this mean Steve Nash will leave the NBA?

:rofl:

[jakefrep]

51. Steve Nash would not be eligible because he's Canadian.

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[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

59. And I'm sick of false equivalences. -nt

[proteus_lives]

62. They're stupid fucking racists.

There I fixed it for you.

You sound like you'd fit in with them.

[NoGOPZone]

52. American born citizens, huh? I can't wait for the league's first birth certificate controversy. nt

[KamaAina]

58. So I guess Honolulu doesn't get a team?

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

77. Honolulu's in Kenya. So, no.

:P

[mdmc]

55. hehe,, it is like the special olympics!

[Bluebear]

56. The same people who bitched about things like the "Miss Black America" contest, no doubt.

[dysfunctional press]

60. why don't they just extend the nascar season instead...?

:shrug:

[salguine]

61. It can't be easy to dunk whilst wearing a sheet and a hood...

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

63. If this AABA is racist (and it is), does this make the WNBA Sexist?

The NBA, MLB, NFL, PGA and NASCAR all allow every race and gender to compete.
Various special-interest professional leagues, like the all-women WNBA, prohibit males from playing.
The WMBA is probably the most common sport I can think of, but there a few pro leagues that are single-demographic.

If the WNBA is allowed to discriminate against a protected class (gender) then is the AABA allowed to segregate race?
If it's acceptable for the WNBA to discriminate, why isn't it acceptable for the AABA?

Just curious what the DUers think of this...

[wpelb]

69. Juwanna Mann

Idea explored in Juwanna Mann.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

70. After being reminded of Juwanna Mann... IMO, Gilbert Arenas should be allowed in the WNBA.

Certainly he has the talent to play in the WNBA.

[Hugabear]

102. The NBA, MLB, and NFL all allow women to compete?

Technically? Maybe so. Can you provide a list of all the women who have competed in the NBA, MLB, or NFL? You can even use Google to research this. Take your time, I'll be here!

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

108. Yes, there is nothing in the rules prohibiting them from playing.

There have been no women that sucessfully competed though - the issue is not skill but physical disadvantage. Some women do make into the PGA or NASCAR and that because these predominently skill based games without too much need for physical strength. Many WNBA players have skill that rivals or surpasses some NBA players (ball handling, shooting, knowledge) but the physical aspect, strength, and speed has been a physiological hurdle. There have been several women to play college football (kickers) however they were unable to compete at the next level.

In the professional leagues, there is no rules or technical roadblocks for females to compete.
OTOH, leagues like the WNBA are single demographic by rule only.

[frylock]

65. people will be filling the arenas to watch your "fundamental basketball"

maybe they can have a bounce-pass challenge. i'm really looking forwarded to the two-handed set shot competition. and as far as "attacking you in the stands," i'm guessing this numbnut never heard of ty cobb. i'm pretty sure he was white.

[old mark]

112. Extremely white, and a mean drunk as well. No jumpers, ever.....nt

[Lilyeye]

66. I thought this was a joke.

So basically his reason for the leauge is dipped in racism, but he doesn't hate anybody? LOL. Wow.

[Prometheus Bound]

67. I always thought it'd be interesting to have a league for not-so-tall people.

Say, no one over 5'10".

[stevedeshazer]

78. I played in an under six foot league.

At 5'11" I was a "big man".

There was such a thing, but that was in the late '70's.

[Prometheus Bound]

87. That'd be weird.

You'd have to learn a bunch of new moves - hooks, low-post spins, turn-around jumpers and stuff.

I guess the games would be pretty high-speed.

I'd like to watch that.

[stevedeshazer]

106. Hook shot for me.

Nobody does that now.

[jakefrep]

114. There actually was an under-6'5" pro league at one time

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Basketball_League

The all-time best player from my high school played briefly in that league.

[Blackhatjack]

68. Now c'mon.... this can't be real. n/t

[taterguy]

71. Thank you for bringing this important made-up story to our attention

And thanks to all who responded with outrage over something that doesn't exist.

[name not needed]

72. All-American Basketball Alliance: Nothing But Lay-ups

[taterguy]

73. Congratulations on failing basic literacy

[name not needed]

75. ?

[taterguy]

76. Hoax

http://www.rantrave.com/Rant/All-White-Basketball-League-Hoax.aspx

[Quantess]

74. Please tell me this is a joke.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

81. It is, but it isn't, if you get my drift.

[Quantess]

83. A hoax that isn't funny, you mean?

[Starbucks Anarchist]

85. No, a joke as in "pathetic," but not a joke in that it is real.

[triguy46]

79. Finally! The return of the two handed set shot. The most exciting shot in basketball

[VOX]

82. HAH!!!!!!!!! Good one, triguy46! Thanks... n/t

[blondeatlast]

90. ...

:spray: :rofl:

Up off the floor.

:rofl:

[VOX]

80. This is patently illegal under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964...

"Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 USC 2000e, makes it unlawful for an employer to hire or discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his/her compensation, terms, conditions or privileges of employment, because of an individual’s race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This covers hiring, firing, promotions and all workplace conduct."

The moment this new "professional" basketball league turned away a player on the basis of skin color, the avalanche of lawsuits would be prodigious.

At best, this is probably nothing more than an unpleasant publicity stunt.

[xultar]

84. This should be on the Greatest Page. Unfortunately people don't understand what

some of the features mean so it'll never make it.

[Bucky]

88. Because I can't unrec your comment, I will go kick a puppy every time you use sarcasm.

Please, people, be more sarcastic. Those puppies really have it coming to them.

[xultar]

91. Fail. I was being serious. The greatest page isn't just for shit you agree with. It appears you

don't know what the features are used for either.

[Bucky]

86. Yeah, good luck with that, bozos.

Can you imagine the sort of person who'd try out for a team in that league? Or a corporation willing to buy ad space with them?

I'm pretty sure Rush Limbaugh wouldn't be interested in commentating for them; he only seems to show up at places where he can piss people off by being more outlandish than everyone else there. Here, he's finally met his match.

But if he did take that gig, wouldn't he be the color commentator?

[scheming daemons]

89. I'd love it if they actually started this league... we could ID all the teabaggers easily

Anybody who went to any of the games, take their picture and post it all over the internet.

[MrMickeysMom]

93. Their Cheerleading Captain-

No audie graphs!

[jdp349]

94. Ugh, that'll be even more boring than a WNBA game

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[jdp349]

98. Without googling it...

Name your favorite WNBA team and player.

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[taterguy]

115. It is not sexist to express a desire to watch basketball played at the highest possible level

Basketball was meant to be played above the rim.

David Thompson proved it.

That settles it.

[applegrove]

95. How awful.

[Maru Kitteh]

96. Well, I'm grieved to say the climate seems to be perfect for such an endeavor.

I've never seen racists so emboldened since the 1970's (and that includes racists of the (D) variety) as I have in the last year and a half.

[backscatter712]

99. Isn't this illegal?

They're banning players from joining teams solely based on race. And these are professional players, making them technically employees of the league/teams, making them subject to employment law. Wouldn't that violate the Civil Rights Act?

Lawsuit in 3...2...1...

[taterguy]

107. They'll treat the players as independent contractors making them exempt from most employment laws

The problem is that pro leagues rely on TV and sponsorship deals, which might be difficult to obtain

[Manifestor_of_Light]

104. A team full of big clumsy white guys........

:rofl:

[ProdigalJunkMail]

109. two words :

lead balloon

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[old mark]

111. Would they all average around 5'10" and 6 points a game?

I might be funny to watch,and personally I hope these folks are wasting millions of dollars on this idiot scheme. They deserve to lose it all.

This is as stupid as the guy who is selling "Christian Salt" because he was offended by "Kosher Salt"....

Makes me wish we had a good education system in the US of A.

mark

[Freddie Stubbs]

113. People don't even want to watch women's basketball

Why the heck would they want to watch guys who can't hack it in the NBA?

[depakid]

117. Cowardice takes yet another giant leap forward in America.

[dionysus]

118. well, gotta give slow racist guys that can't jump SOMEWHERE to play!

:sarcasm:

[meow2u3]

119. This gives the CBA a whole new meaning

Caucasian Basketball Association? :shrug:

How come? White ballers can't hold a candle to blacks, so they had to form their own league? Fundamental basketball? In English, that translates to the boring version of basketball suburban kids play in their backyards.

I'm white myself, but if I wanted to play basketball, I'd play against the best players, no matter what they looked like on the outside.

Last time I checked, segregation was illegal.

[ChickMagic]

120. I am SO reminded of this!

"Hurl your best apple, hurler!" - Conan O'Brien, playing 1864 baseball with the Wabash Mashers



My favorite bit of all was when he pointed at an airplane and shouted, "What, ho! What is that demonry?!"

edit for freeperish punctuation :blush: