The inaugural season of the BIG3 League may have been a success, but now Ice Cube and company are facing a major lawsuit worth $250 million, for allegedly poaching some players and even proprietary ideas from the Champions Basketball League.
According to a piece made by Shayna Jacobs of the New York Daily News, the BIG3 League founder stole ideas, and tried to get some of the players of the CBL, after its launch back in 2014, in an attempt to add more hype to his newest venture.
“CBL's founder, Carl George, says the legendary rapper and actor, whose real name is O'Shea Jackson, and BIG3's co-founder Jeff Kwatinetz, got close to CBL brass and players only to steal their ideas and goods after their 2014 launch.”
“CBL and BIG3 originally teamed up as partners with the goal of creating a mutually-beneficial business startup that one day would compete with the National Basketball Association, George's lawsuit contends.”
The filed lawsuit also includes a claim wherein Ice Cube apparently threatened some players that they will receive fines, among others, if they will opt to play with the CBL instead.
“The suit claims that “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% of revenues bonus pool, or replaced on their teams,” court papers claimed. “These threats were also shared with the CBL.”
No statement has been issued yet by the BIG3 League or Ice Cube, but it’s expected that they’ll release one soon, and respond to the allegations directed at them. Should they be proven guilty, it will definitely be a huge dent to the success they’ve had, and will affect how they will run their operations in the coming years.
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