Ex-Wrestling Promoter Plans All-White Basketball League

AABA open only to 'natural born citizens'
By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff
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Posted Jan 20, 2010 1:10 PM CST
Ex-Wrestling Promoter Plans All-White Basketball League
Hey, white guys can play in the NBA!   (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

An Atlanta-area sports promoter has announced plans for—brace yourself—a whites-only pro basketball league. Dubbed the “All-American Basketball Alliance,” the league would only be open to “natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race.” The commissioner, former pro-wrestling promoter Don “Moose” Lewis, says the league will tip off in June, with teams in 12 Southern cities. Lewis insists he’s not racist; he just doesn’t like the “street-ball” that “people of color” play.

“There’s nothing hatred about what we’re doing,” he tells the Augusta Chronicle. “Here’s a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.” He cited NBA incidents like Gilbert Arenas’ gun snafu as a reason fans would flock to the AABA. NBC confirms that this isn’t a prank, though it’s unclear whether Lewis has any actual teams signed up yet. Did we mention he announced this right before Martin Luther King Day? (More basketball stories.)

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