Ice Cube’s BIG3 Basketball League is reportedly suing the Champion Basketball League (CBL) for defamation. The suit comes roughly two weeks after the CBL filed a $250 million lawsuit alleging BIG3 of stole their proprietary ideas.
BIG3’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, filed court documents claiming CBL posted false accusations on its website.
“The issue is that Big3 violated the agreement that players would be able to play in both leagues even though all the players had prior agreements with the Champions League,” they wrote.
BIG3 denies there was an agreement between the two leagues in the first place.
The BIG3 league says the head of the CBL is “a serial con-artist, fraudster and ponzi-schemer.”
It’s suing for unspecified damages.
(The original version of this article was published on September 2, 2017 and can be found below.)
Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league is reportedly facing a $250 million lawsuit, according to the New York Daily News. Fellow 3-on-3 league, The Champion Basketball League (CBL), is accusing the N.W.A legend of jacking its proprietary ideas.
Filed by CBL founder Carl George at the Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday (September 1), the lawsuit alleges Cube and BIG3’s co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz only warmed up to the CBL players to steal their ideas after CBL’s 2014 launch.
Initially, the CBL and BIG3 were partners and had the goal of creating a symbiotic business startup that would eventually compete with the NBA.
CBL reportedly recruited at least 20 players, but decided not to require them to sign exclusive contracts, which would allow them to compete in the BIG3. According to the lawsuit, Cube and Kwatinetz signed the same players to exclusive contracts instead, and were allegedly aware of the slick move they were making.
Court documents state, “When certain players expressed their desire to participate in the CBL games, Mr. Cube confronted the players personally about playing in the CBL and threatened the players that they would be fined, not allowed to participate in the 52 percent of revenues bonus pool, or replaced on their teams. These threats were also shared with the CBL.”
The BIG3 championship was held last Saturday (August 25) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and featured a halftime performance from Cardi B.
Cube has not yet replied publicly to the lawsuit.
White people steal from our culture literally every day with no respect but God forbid, a black man does his thing and succeed from borrowing an idea…they go try and bankrupt him!!! If cube failed, bet they wouldn’t sue!!
Why would anybody sue a company that fails? You wouldn’t get any money back nor would you want to be the guy that says “hey everybody! That shitty idea that failed was ours.” The recent trend of ppl bitching about cultural appropriation is 1. bullshit and 2. setting this country on a dangerous path. I also love how you refer to the black man’s action as “borrowing an idea.” GTFOH
Go back to shitting in the same river you drink from or digging termites with a stick you lazy self entitled coalskin crybaby.
Basketball was invented by white man
and yet another shitty weekend with no posts at the hiphopdx site
And yet another shitty troll with nothing better to do.
an another pussy ass boy falling for a troll trap
And another ignorant comment from an ignorant fool. You go boy!
Does anyone know if the league has been a success? They promoted the premiere for months leading up to it but since then I’ve heard very little. I mean the biggest news they’ve had was when Iverson decided to gamble all night in Chicago and be a no-call/no-show at his game the next day. Which to me was a HUGE deal for the entire league. Think about it, he’s the biggest name the league has (besides Cube) and he doesnt even bother to call with an excuse about why? If your #1 attraction doesn’t give a shit how can you expect people to actually take the league series and without series competition or harlem globetrotter type entertainment I just don’t see it lasting long. Plus the 4pt shot is stupid…lol.
Yes it was a success. Look it up!
“Mr. Cube” lol…. FAKE NEWS ALERT….
Not in California dumbass, learn da law foo
Hey, sup
white man always tryna keep a brotha down. oh and he dindu nuffin.
Try to know some facts before playing the race card. Carl George, the owner of the CBL and the man who filed this lawsuit, is black. Ignorance is not a virtue.
you can bet ur sweet ass this Carl George dude got a boss who ain’t thou
They are so jealous. They know with Ice Cube involved this is gonna be a big league! They don’t want to see a black man profiting from a great idea. Pathetic, I hope Cube wins this with costs.
Try to know some facts before playing the race card. Carl George, the owner of the CBL and the man who filed this lawsuit, is black. Ignorance is not a virtue.
What else would you expect from the sewer dwelling retards on here? Complete lack of intelligence.
lol……….cmon dog… maybe tun your tv off and do your own due dilligence
Couldn’t agree with u more. If he were a different race u wouldn’t see a law suit or no issues with what cube have going. Always want black people to suffer, but why. Wake up people we the mothafuckas who was here first. History books is talking about us do ya research.
Just goes to show you can only bounce the ball dunk the ball as long as you stay a performer and not try and own a team or league everything for you will be ok, but the minute you got control and ownership lawsuits and blackball is headed your way
I like Cube but if you know the history of rap you would know cube is known for stealing Ideas, concept etc.
yeah.. ask B-Real. lol
Try to know some facts before playing the race card. Carl George, the owner of the CBL and the man who filed this lawsuit, is black.
Nope, he’s a good ol fat white guy. However, race card shouldn’t be in play here.
It was trash anyway, buh bye. And Cardi B is a retard.
Cash grab.
Carl George is white.
prolly a jevv
Im rollin with cube. Cardi B is blowing up 2.
People dont “steal” from cultures they learn from other cultures which is a good thing. Its bound to happen when you mix a bunch of people from different cultures into one world. So please stop whining & crying about the shit. Its just straight up ignorant and borderline racist. You literally sound like your crying to your mom with some “but mommy the white guy is rapping and its not fair. Only black people can be rappers so they’re stealing from us!” Like I said it makes you ignorant fools.
Did u even read the article ? SMH
Gimmeee that league fool,its a full time jack move!
This guy made millions of yellin Fuck Tha Police and Gangsta Rap…now he expects the law to protect him.
Yeah, those were protected by the law. Ya know, free speech and all that
I forgot about this fake gangsta doesn’t really do the things he says on record. Protection is a must for people like him.
And what the fuck do you do bitch boy
U mad? Grow up simple minded fool…
You get no love on this site. You’re definitely not the brightest star in the sky.
The BIG3 league says the head of the CBL is “a serial con-artist, fraudster and ponzi-schemer.” So much irony suing for defamation and putting out a statement like that in the same breath.