![]() It is appalling to BIG3 that much of Black youth in America grows up believing their only path to achieve the American Dream is sports and entertainment. Many of NBA and WNBA players, coaches, owners, and GMs clearly support BIG3 as over 150 have attended games in just our first three seasons. ![]() BIG3 teams are run by Player Captains and Coaches, who are empowered to control their own destiny. Our founding players and coaches benefit financially from the league in perpetuity. We were first to hire female head coaches in a men's sport, Nancy Lieberman and Lisa Leslie (both who won Coach of the Year honors voted by their peers as well as each coached the last two BIG3 Championship teams). The BIG3 is the first professional sports league with a Black Commissioner Clyde Drexler, a Black owner Ice Cube, a female Chairman Amy Trask, and four board members who are both Black and come from the player community, Corey Maggette, Chauncey Billups, Jermaine O'Neal, and Jerome "JYD" Williams. ![]() We applaud the NBA for helping to bring issues regarding inclusion and inequality to the fore, and we would like to respond to the NBA, WNBA, players, coaches, and owners.Īt BIG3, these are issues that we have strived to address from inception. LOS ANGELES, J/PRNewswire/ - We read with great interest your Official Release yesterday regarding social justice efforts.
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