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ABA to introduce new website feature: From the ABA CEO

October 20, 2008 - American Basketball Association (ABA) News Release


Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) today announced that it will add a new feature, FROM THE ABA CEO, to its exciting new website, www.abalive.com. According to Joe Newman, ABA CEO, "It seems like that everytime something happens in sports, I receive a lot of emails asking for comments. So, this season, we decided to do away with the Ask the CEO column as we will be adding many fan interactive features in the coming weeks, and instead I'll comment on things of interest. The first one will be ABA: MORE THAN JUST A GAME. Here's a sample.

When Dick Tinkham and I co-founded the ABA, our mission was to bring exciting, high-qualityu professional basketball to fans at affordable prices. It was also to give quality players a place to play, quiality coaches a chance to coach at the professional level and to open opportunities for officials to referee on a professional level. Two other things. We wanted to bring sportsmanship, responsibility and community involvement back into the game and to have team ownerships with true diversity. That's why our motto is More than Just A Game.

The economy has been hardhit. From Wall Street to Main Street, no one seems to be immune from it. The current financial crisis illustrates that the cost of essential goods and services has been seriously overpriced and that goes for major leaguie sports like the NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL. The idea of season tickets costing $5000 and more is ridiculous; the idea of an average price of $80+ per ticket plus high priced concessions and parking is ridiculous. Not when the average fan faces layoffs, downsizing, loss of savings, foreclosures, high energy prices and other hardships.

If our mission of bringing exciting, high-quality professional basketball to fans at affordable prices was important then, it is more important than ever now. Starting in December, nearly 40 teams, from Alaska to the Bahamas, from New York to Arizona, from Montreal to Texas, from California to North Carolina and many places in between, fans will be able to see exciting professional basketball at ticket prices of $5, $10 and $15 and in most cases with free parking, low concession prices and a league employing nearly 500 players, over 100 coaches, over 300 referees - and each team making a major impact in it community with programs for Boys & Girls Clubs, YMCA's, schools, youth groups, churches, neighborhood shelters, hospitals and others. The ABA is MORE THAN JUST A GAME. And we are proud to say that nearly 70% of the teams are owned by African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and women - diversity unlike any other professional sports league in history.

The ABA was founded for the fans...and at a time when you need it most...we're here and ready to go!

For more information, visit www.abalive.com.

Note: OurSports Central no longer actively covers the American Basketball Association (ABA) as a professional league due in part to its inability to publish and play a schedule and the transitory nature of many of its teams. For information on professional minor leagues, please see OSC's basketball section.



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