In the last couple of weeks there's been news of a new basketball league forming; the All-American Basketball Alliance (AABA).  The commissioner of the league, Don "Moose" Lewis, says only players that are natural born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league. He says the intent of the league is to give white players a league where they can play "fundamental basketball" instead of "street-ball" played by "people of color." Check out this interview with Lewis done by a CBS affiliate in Atlanta.

I was so thrown by this that I had to blog about it, but having said that, I don't really want to spend too much time on it. There's way too many things wrong with the whole premise that I don't know where to start. Could you imagine if games were actually played? It would be a blast back in time. There would likely be demonstrations and picketing outside. Maybe the novelty of such a league would draw some people to watch the games. But in the end would people latch on to it? Could these types of games draw larger crowds than the NBA D-League or WNBA? Or even a recreation league game? Are there players already lined up for the league?

I have no interest in seeing a AABA game but I am interested to see what will happen to this league.