CALGARY — Young basketball players from a southern Alberta First Nation will be able to play in a tournament this week despite a dispute with a Calgary referee group. “All these kids live and breathe basketball,” Soop said. Is there something wrong with being native?”The CBOA said in a statement Wednesday that it is refusing to referee any Kainai teams due to security concerns. “All these kids want to do is play basketball,” Soop said. Four teams are from the Kainai Basketball Association, while a fifth is from Blood Tribe Recreation.

Source: National Post July 03, 2019 20:37 UTC