THE WAITING GAME: The Powerful Untold Story of the ABA-NBA Merger and The Men Who Were Left Out

Ladies and gentlemen, THE WAITING GAME is a powerful film documentary that gives a history of the ABA, the American Basketball Association and how it pioneered what we know as the NBA today.

But a merger of the two organizations left the players of the ABA without a pension while the NBA is known to have one of the best pensions in the country.

THE WAITING GAME also follows the investigation of the legal trail of the ABA-NBA merger, key impact journalism and the advocacy for justice, the film reveals the lines that can stand between raw corporate interest and basic human dignity.

Filmmaker Michael Husain and his powerful documentary THE WAITING GAME that reveals an incredible battle between the NBA and a tiny non-profit working to gain full recognition for the men of the ABA – a colorful, exciting, rival league that arguably invented the modern game of basketball. It’s a fight for benefits the players of the ABA felt were promised, but never delivered.

He is also known for directing the 2024 documentary short “The Sugarman”. He is the founder of Good Vibes Media and winner of multiple National Sports Emmy Awards for his documentary work.

Michael has created over 200 hours of documentary and non-fiction television including the ESPN "30 for 30" short "Slick, Nancy and the Telethon", multiple episodes of A&E’s American Justice and Biography series, as well as disaster, medical and lifestyle programming for Discovery Networks, along with work for The History Channel, VH-1, HGTV, to name a few.

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