Augusta, Georgia - Don Lewis is old school.

The former-Pro wrestling promoter for the International Wrestling Union is a basketball purist and he’s got a novel idea; Lewis loves the way basketball used to be played so much that he wants to take us back in time, say 60 years back, and start an all-White basketball league.

In a league statement released on the eve of Martin Luther King birthday, Lewis, the commissioner of the league, states that the developing league is solely for “players that are natural-born United States citizens with both parents of Caucasian race are eligible to play in the league.”

The ABAA, or All-American Basketball Alliance, is looking for Caucasian individuals interested in paying a $10,000 fee to become an elite franchise in twelve cities throughout the Southeastern United States.

(Discuss the ABAA in our forum)

All-American Alliance? Yikes, the name in and of itself just sounds racist, but Don “The Moose” Lewis insists that it’s not racism that is the motivation for the new basketball league, even though he contradicts himself in his own statements:

“There’s nothing hatred about what we’re doing,” he said. “I don’t hate anyone of color. But people of white, American-born citizens are in the minority now. Here’s a league for white players to play fundamental basketball, which they like.”

Lewis said he wants to emphasize fundamental basketball instead of “street-ball” played by “people of color.” He pointed out recent incidents in the NBA, including Gilbert Arenas’ indefinite suspension after bringing guns into the Washington Wizards locker room, as examples of fans’ dissatisfaction with the way current professional sports are run.

“Would you want to go to the game and worry about a player flipping you off or attacking you in the stands or grabbing their crotch?” he said. “That’s the culture today, and in a free country we should have the right to move ourselves in a better direction.”

“People will come out and support a product they can identify with. I’m the spoken minority right now, but if people will give us a chance, it’ll work… The white game of basketball, which is essentially a fundamental game, works.”

Sheesh, the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America should think about suing. I remember reading an article from the Intelligence Report signifying the rise of nationalists and extremists – I just didn’t think they’d try to form a basketball league.