I was always a big fan of the ABL, the independent women's professinal league that started in the 1996. The American Basketball League started only a few months prior to the WNBA opening their doors and it wasn't only first in that regard.
I believed the ABL was a superior league to the WNBA in talent, the way the league played basketball (4 quarters, official-size ball), and treated their players (both financially and socially).
I was trying to get some women's ibn profiles started, many of whom played in the ABL. During this search, I found there to be a HUGE dearth of information out there concerning the ABL (without spending hours searching for it and piecing the puzzle all together) so I started this thread.
This thread will be continually updated until either I get sidetracked or I feel that it tells the whole story for someone seeking information about the league. My hope is that someone can come to this thread not knowing much about the ABL and leave knowing that before the WNBA, there was the ABL and the great players that sacrificed for the good of women's basketball.
Stuart
P.S. As I find information I will post it, so the order may not be chronological. Bear with me.
I believed the ABL was a superior league to the WNBA in talent, the way the league played basketball (4 quarters, official-size ball), and treated their players (both financially and socially).
I was trying to get some women's ibn profiles started, many of whom played in the ABL. During this search, I found there to be a HUGE dearth of information out there concerning the ABL (without spending hours searching for it and piecing the puzzle all together) so I started this thread.
This thread will be continually updated until either I get sidetracked or I feel that it tells the whole story for someone seeking information about the league. My hope is that someone can come to this thread not knowing much about the ABL and leave knowing that before the WNBA, there was the ABL and the great players that sacrificed for the good of women's basketball.
Stuart
P.S. As I find information I will post it, so the order may not be chronological. Bear with me.
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