"The Waiting Game" is a fascinating true story about a small Indiana not-for-profit that took on the powerful NBA on behalf of former ABA players. The film provides the history of the ABA and shows how the league's players helped to make NBA basketball the exciting game it is today. Yet many of those same ABA players were later left out in the cold with no health insurance, no pension, and no recognition by the NBA. Due to a cleverly worded "merger" agreement drafted by NBA lawyers, ABA players who thought they would be provided for discovered the NBA had no legal obligation to them. The film provides a gripping account of the financial and health struggles faced by many former ABA players. But it also provides a powerful lesson of what can happen when a dedicated group of people care enough to fight for justice for those who can't fight for themselves.
