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'Whites-Only' Basketball League Seeking to Avoid Antitrust Issues?

By Eric Lipman

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"Just because something may not be illegal does not make it a good idea." It's the kind of aphorism that should be printed in bold letters on the back of the lawyer's handbook, and Miami lawyer and sports agent Jason Wolf brings us the latest reason why this week with the news of a "Whites-only" basketball league that hopes to begin play this summer. According to this article in The Augusta Chronicle, the All-American Basketball Alliance will allow only players born in the United States to two Caucasian parents to take the court. The commissioner of the proposed league, Don "Moose" Lewis, denied that racism was the motivating factor behind the restrictions on player nationality and ethnicity, claiming instead that a subset of basketball fans are interested in seeing "fundamental basketball," rather than the "'street-ball' played by 'people of color.'" Nevertheless, Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver made clear that his general policy of welcoming minor league athletic teams to the city would not extend to an AABA franchise, saying that the league rules were inconsistent with the "spirit of inclusiveness" he seeks to foster. While Wolf rightly notes that the AABA's announcement "raises interesting theoretical legal questions about private entities setting...

Full post as published by Legal Blog Watch on January 22, 2010 (boomark / email).

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