Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta

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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."

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

[unhappycamper]

1. Good on Copenhaver.

In some ways, Augusta is still stuck in a time warp.

[era veteran]

2. Left Augusta in 1967 to a 'progressive' KY

KY way better to grow up in. Augusta was better than North Augusta S.C. It was stone age, the worst experience of my life to that point. Not welcome in Lexington KY.

[SergeStorms]

3. A KKK pick-up game.

Yeah, that'll work. :eyes:

[taterguy]

4. No one complained when the Celtics replaced Cornbread Maxwell with Kevin McHale

Racism is perfectly acceptable, as long as there's a bit of subtlety involved.

How long would Danny Ainge have lasted in the NBA if he didn't have red hair?

Tell the truth.

[Jmacwade]

5. Basketball league for white Americans targets Augusta

I will admit that an "all white anything" is leaning on racist and this country as a whole should be past that but lets be realistic, racism hits all points, longitude and latitude, no matter where we are from in this world. I see just as many if not more blacks who are racist against whites if not more these days. Look at the NAACP, I don't know of a white or hispanic or even a korean version of that, and if there was it would raise a stink for sure. PEOPLE, we as a whole need to drop back ten yards and punt, this country is in trouble and it is high time we started using this "TIME FOR CHANGE" to do just that. If someone wants an all white basketball team, let them have it, how long could it last? Why take it personal? We need to start seeing each other as brothers and sisters, this country could be so much more if we were one big family. GET OVER THE RACISM, GET OVER THE HATE, AND GET OVER THE JEALOUSY PEOPLE(ALL RACES INCLUDED)!!!! LETS MAKE THE CHANGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!