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<font color=orange> If this could happen, would you attend these games? Would you give your dollars to OUR OWN?</font>
<b>PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS.
WHAT IF.....
What if Michael Jordan, who was dismissed from the Washington Wizards, has
finally come to the conclusion that no matter how popular he was in
basketball and around the world, some little old white man controlled his
destiny. Michael Jordan's destiny. I mean he put over $40 million in ticket
sales alone in Abe Pollins coffers. The Wizards were a team that he alone
personally made popular and profitable. He alone made the team and
organization a star attraction in every city he went to play. # 23 Jordan
Wizard jerseys selling off the rack at sporting goods stores everywhere.
Not
to mention the economic impact that he made on Washington DC and the league
all around. But all that doesn't matter because Jordan doesn't own what he
created the value for.
BUT WHAT IF...
What if immediately after that meeting with Abe Pollin, Jordan got on his
phone and called Bob Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Willie Gary, Magic
Johnson, Russell Simmons, John Johnson, Cathy Hughes, Sean Combs, Master
P.and said it's time. It's time for us not to own just a team, but it's
time
for us to own our resources: sports and entertainment.
Of course David Stern, Abe Pollin and other NBA owners would be laughing
their asses off. Thinking, those Negroes are trying to start a league of
their own. Hahahaha.
Then in the very next batch of calls, he calls: John Thompson, Charles
Barkley, Paul Silas, Isaiah Thomas, Maurice Cheeks, Doc Rivers, Lenny
Wilkins and others and says we need experienced coaches for our new league.
We have the investors, now we need coaches, general managers and front
office personnel. It's time. Will you join us in making world history. The
laughs from Abe and David have subsided, but they are still coming. And
they
still have doubts. Those Negroes cant do it.
Then in the last batch of calls, while Abe and David Stern are still
laughing, Michael Jordan calls Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe
Bryant,
Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Tim
Duncan, Paul Pierce and Lebron James and says "it's time". He continues,
"My
partners and I are starting a new league and we need you. We need to
control
what we have given to this earth in terms of our entertainment, sports and
athleticism. Without you, there is NO NBA. Forget your contracts, you all
are all millionaires. Come with us and lets make history." Abe and David
Sterns aren't laughing anymore. They realize that there is something
serious
happening and Michael Jordan, the most popular and beloved athlete in the
world is leading the charge.
Well what about arenas, the owners say? We own them. Fine. There are plenty
of arenas in every city that are not being used. They are old, but hey it's
a start. So we'll lease them. Well what about TV? No problem. Willie Gary
and Cathy Hughes' companies are starting cable channels. We'll run our
games
on them for now as well as BET, then we will negotiate with the major
networks soon. And with Cathy, we got radio broadcasting, so that isn't a
problem either.
Well how do we advertise? No problem. We get Russell Simmons, Jay-Z,
P-Diddy
and Master P. to get every rapper and R&B singer in the world to talk about
the new league in all their songs. We do commercials and videos with Bill
Cosby, Spike Lee and even Oprah yelling "The UBA is fantastic (Universal
Basketball association, others can play, we just want to own). We get John
Johnson and Earl Graves to write about it in Jet, Ebony and Black
Enterprise.
We get FUBU, Sean John and Rocawear to design the team uniforms. We get
Oprah
to talk about the new league and interview players, investors, coaches on
her show. We get Johnnie Cochran and Willie Gary to head our legal team. We
get actors like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington to publicly endorse the
league and attend the games. And finally, we get Michael Jordan, the
biggest
draw in the world to put his competitive spirit and name recognition behind
it.
There are a lot of intangibles missing in this hypothetical situation, but
nevertheless, this "what if" could be the trigger to set Mr. Jordan on path
that would really put his name in the history books. He alone has the clout
to bring this to fruition. When are African Americans going to stop hating
and start cooperating with each other to do something on this scale? When
are African Americans going to stop being used by sport owners and start
thinking OWNERSHIP?
Bob Johnson is great, but he had to be voted in by 28 other white men. If
we
collectively take what is ours, sports and entertainment, and hold it back
from the world until we own it, then we can control our own destiny. It
sounds far-fetched, but IT CAN BE DONE. Then Michael Jordan, the greatest
player to ever play basketball, will not have to worry ever again of being
used by someone for personal financial gain. If Mike owned the league, he's
the one who'd be doing the firing and hiring. And then a person! like Abe
Pollin would have no choice but to respect the greatest basketball player
to
ever live.</b>
<b>PLEASE TAKE THE TIME TO READ THIS.
WHAT IF.....
What if Michael Jordan, who was dismissed from the Washington Wizards, has
finally come to the conclusion that no matter how popular he was in
basketball and around the world, some little old white man controlled his
destiny. Michael Jordan's destiny. I mean he put over $40 million in ticket
sales alone in Abe Pollins coffers. The Wizards were a team that he alone
personally made popular and profitable. He alone made the team and
organization a star attraction in every city he went to play. # 23 Jordan
Wizard jerseys selling off the rack at sporting goods stores everywhere.
Not
to mention the economic impact that he made on Washington DC and the league
all around. But all that doesn't matter because Jordan doesn't own what he
created the value for.
BUT WHAT IF...
What if immediately after that meeting with Abe Pollin, Jordan got on his
phone and called Bob Johnson, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Willie Gary, Magic
Johnson, Russell Simmons, John Johnson, Cathy Hughes, Sean Combs, Master
P.and said it's time. It's time for us not to own just a team, but it's
time
for us to own our resources: sports and entertainment.
Of course David Stern, Abe Pollin and other NBA owners would be laughing
their asses off. Thinking, those Negroes are trying to start a league of
their own. Hahahaha.
Then in the very next batch of calls, he calls: John Thompson, Charles
Barkley, Paul Silas, Isaiah Thomas, Maurice Cheeks, Doc Rivers, Lenny
Wilkins and others and says we need experienced coaches for our new league.
We have the investors, now we need coaches, general managers and front
office personnel. It's time. Will you join us in making world history. The
laughs from Abe and David have subsided, but they are still coming. And
they
still have doubts. Those Negroes cant do it.
Then in the last batch of calls, while Abe and David Stern are still
laughing, Michael Jordan calls Allen Iverson, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe
Bryant,
Tracy McGrady, Chris Webber, Kevin Garnett, Vince Carter, Jason Kidd, Tim
Duncan, Paul Pierce and Lebron James and says "it's time". He continues,
"My
partners and I are starting a new league and we need you. We need to
control
what we have given to this earth in terms of our entertainment, sports and
athleticism. Without you, there is NO NBA. Forget your contracts, you all
are all millionaires. Come with us and lets make history." Abe and David
Sterns aren't laughing anymore. They realize that there is something
serious
happening and Michael Jordan, the most popular and beloved athlete in the
world is leading the charge.
Well what about arenas, the owners say? We own them. Fine. There are plenty
of arenas in every city that are not being used. They are old, but hey it's
a start. So we'll lease them. Well what about TV? No problem. Willie Gary
and Cathy Hughes' companies are starting cable channels. We'll run our
games
on them for now as well as BET, then we will negotiate with the major
networks soon. And with Cathy, we got radio broadcasting, so that isn't a
problem either.
Well how do we advertise? No problem. We get Russell Simmons, Jay-Z,
P-Diddy
and Master P. to get every rapper and R&B singer in the world to talk about
the new league in all their songs. We do commercials and videos with Bill
Cosby, Spike Lee and even Oprah yelling "The UBA is fantastic (Universal
Basketball association, others can play, we just want to own). We get John
Johnson and Earl Graves to write about it in Jet, Ebony and Black
Enterprise.
We get FUBU, Sean John and Rocawear to design the team uniforms. We get
Oprah
to talk about the new league and interview players, investors, coaches on
her show. We get Johnnie Cochran and Willie Gary to head our legal team. We
get actors like Halle Berry and Denzel Washington to publicly endorse the
league and attend the games. And finally, we get Michael Jordan, the
biggest
draw in the world to put his competitive spirit and name recognition behind
it.
There are a lot of intangibles missing in this hypothetical situation, but
nevertheless, this "what if" could be the trigger to set Mr. Jordan on path
that would really put his name in the history books. He alone has the clout
to bring this to fruition. When are African Americans going to stop hating
and start cooperating with each other to do something on this scale? When
are African Americans going to stop being used by sport owners and start
thinking OWNERSHIP?
Bob Johnson is great, but he had to be voted in by 28 other white men. If
we
collectively take what is ours, sports and entertainment, and hold it back
from the world until we own it, then we can control our own destiny. It
sounds far-fetched, but IT CAN BE DONE. Then Michael Jordan, the greatest
player to ever play basketball, will not have to worry ever again of being
used by someone for personal financial gain. If Mike owned the league, he's
the one who'd be doing the firing and hiring. And then a person! like Abe
Pollin would have no choice but to respect the greatest basketball player
to
ever live.</b>
