Metropolitan Basketball Association (New York)

The Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA) was an early 20th-century amateur basketball league in the New York City area.[1] It was established in the late 1910s to coordinate basketball games among African American athletic clubs in Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Jersey City.[2] The original three members of the MBA credited with starting organized basketball in New York included the Spartan Athletic Club, the Smart Set Athletic Club, and the St. Christopher Athletic Club.[2] The association strongly opposed professionalization in amateur basketball, and demanded that member teams release players who played sports for pay.[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b McKissack, Fredrick (1999). Black Hoops : The History of African-Americans in Basketball. New York: Scholastic Press. p. 49. ISBN 9780590487122.
  2. ^ a b Anderson, Daniel (2017). The Culture of Sports in the Harlem Renaissance. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Co. p. 151. ISBN 9781476665184.
  3. ^ Chalk, Ocania (1975). Pioneers of Black Sport : The early days of the Black professional athlete in baseball, basketball, boxing, and football. New York: Dodd, Mead. pp. 84–85. ISBN 0396068685.
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