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'Whites Only' Basketball League Proposed
Fox 5 Atlanta ^ | Thursday, 21 Jan 2010, 11:25 PM EST | Justin Gray

Posted on 01/22/2010 9:03:26 AM PST by SonnyBubba

The man behind a controversial whites-only professional basketball league defended his position Thursday. Don "Moose" Lewis' proposed new league has one major requirement for participation. Players in the league must be Caucasian. Lewis said the league was far from racist.

"It's all white, U.S. citizens [who were born] white," said Lewis.

The Atlanta boxing and wrestling promoter said his All-American Basketball Alliance will have teams in several southern cities and start in June.

(Excerpt) Read more at myfoxatlanta.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: basketball; nba; sports
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To: SonnyBubba

There was a proposal for a height-limited professional basketball league some years back. I think Bob Cousy was pushing the idea. IIRC, the height limit was 6’4” or something like that. Would have been interesting. I might have watched.


61 posted on 01/22/2010 10:13:12 AM PST by Tallguy ("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
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To: Tax Government; Dr. Ursus

Well, in the first place, this sounds like a hoax, so it’s all a moot point.

However, I seem to remember a couple recent US Olympic teams full of “African Americans” who got their a$$e$ handed to them by European teams.

As far as the “baskets at 8 feet” crack, I’m not buying it—but just curious—do you make similar blanket statements about, say, black people’s intellect, literacy, or work ethic?


62 posted on 01/22/2010 10:28:07 AM PST by Mac from Cleveland ("See what you made me do?" Major Malik Hasan)
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To: A_Former_Democrat
This won’t get off the ground

Are you saying white men can't jump??? ;)

63 posted on 01/22/2010 10:33:59 AM PST by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: Andonius_99

I wasn’t thinking that at the time . . . but now that you’ve mentioned it ....lol.


64 posted on 01/22/2010 10:39:04 AM PST by A_Former_Democrat
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To: Dansong

It would be a lot more entertaining then the current crap called the NBA.

Plus there are a lot of fantastic players that are shorter than 6’6.


65 posted on 01/22/2010 10:39:17 AM PST by proudpapa (Obama - Worst One Ever!)
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To: InterceptPoint

You wrote:

” There was much less pushing and shoving....”

And fewer shootings, stabbings and arrests... but I’m sure that’s just a conincidence.


66 posted on 01/22/2010 10:41:11 AM PST by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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To: martin_fierro

All I have to say on this is “LARRY BIRD”!

Thank you, have a good day.


67 posted on 01/22/2010 10:41:25 AM PST by JoeSixPack1
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To: SonnyBubba

To get more whites in basketball there needs to be some rule changes, like a basket by a white should be worth at least 4 or 5 points.


68 posted on 01/22/2010 11:09:01 AM PST by atom99
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To: Mac from Cleveland

Let me give you a hint-IT WAS HUMOR!


69 posted on 01/22/2010 11:49:32 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: SonnyBubba

well how about this idea: the coed basketball league


70 posted on 01/22/2010 11:59:47 AM PST by ari-freedom (Obamacare: nananana nananana hey hey hey goodbye!)
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To: SnakeDoctor

“The schmuck that proposed this gets what he deserves.”

a long thread on FR?


71 posted on 01/22/2010 12:01:56 PM PST by ari-freedom (Obamacare: nananana nananana hey hey hey goodbye!)
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To: ari-freedom

Infamy.

SnakeDoc


72 posted on 01/22/2010 12:05:07 PM PST by SnakeDoctor (Life is tough; it's tougher if you're stupid. -- John Wayne)
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To: ccruse456

Because freedom of association is only guaranteed if you meet politically correct ideology apparently... I mean heaven forbid folks fundamental rights conflict with someone elses view of how they SHOULD behave.


73 posted on 01/22/2010 12:10:45 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: SonnyBubba

I do not think it is raciest at all... if this is raciest maybe we need affirmative action ON sport teams so the players look like the community they represent..


74 posted on 01/22/2010 1:48:23 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me. Amen.)
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To: Bulwinkle
It was a hoax, spoof!!!

It's impossible to tell what's satire anymore.

75 posted on 01/22/2010 1:56:45 PM PST by Richard Kimball (We're all criminals. They just haven't figured out what some of us have done yet.)
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To: SonnyBubba
Tell you what: Here's a team of twelve white Americans that I think would hold its own against anybody:

C: Bill Walton, George Mikan, Dave Cowens (C/PF)
PF: Bob Pettit, Kevin McHale
SF: Larry Bird, Rick Barry, John Havlicek (SF/SG)
SG: Jerry West, Pete Maravich
PG: John Stockton, Bob Cousy

Maybe this team would not engage in rampant traveling and palming the ball. No tattoos, hanging on the rim, or trash-talking, either.

76 posted on 01/22/2010 2:26:00 PM PST by Charles Henrickson (Former NBA fan)
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To: martin_fierro

Only if we're lucky. The shot clock ruined Pro ball first, then College.

I loved basketball when brains and discipline were valuable.

77 posted on 01/22/2010 2:33:24 PM PST by delacoert
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To: SonnyBubba

If this was real, I’d have no problem with it just as I have no problem with dwarf basketball, women’s basketball, wheelchair basketball, mentally retarded basketball (Special Olympics), kids basketball and seniors basketball.


78 posted on 01/23/2010 2:13:34 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Stuck with a RINO? Donate to a different district.)
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