Well, darn. You all know that I’m not much of a sports fan, but even I was pretty excited about the minor-league basketball team that was due to begin playing here in Great Falls in November. Unfortunately, it looks like we won’t have the Great Falls Cowboys after all; in fact, the league itself has folded, and there will be no minor-league b-ball in Great Falls – or Butte, Billings, and so on. What a shame. The creator of the AAPBL apparently ran short of funds and decided to pull the plug…and adding insult to injury, this came just days after a bunch of hopefuls paid $1,000 each to participate in a training camp. The GF Cowboys even had a booth at the MT state fair, selling tickets, hats, mugs, and such. If you bought one of these souvenirs, who knows…it might be a collectible someday. The slogan for the AAPBL was “A Bounce Away…From The NBA.” Perhaps a more fitting slogan would have been, “A Bounce Away…From Reality.”
good…Great Falls didn’t need another Farm team anyways.
Hey, I’m wondering what made this resurface at such an exciting time in Great Falls professional basketball history?