.basketball

Status:	Proposed
Registry:	Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA)
Registry Backend:	GoDaddy
Type:	Generic
Category:	Sport
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.basketball is a proposed TLD in ICANN's New gTLD Program.

Applicants

The following companies below filed an application to serve as registry operator for the .basketball domain name space.

1. The International Basket Federation (FIBA) in partnership with TLDH and ROAR Domains, LLC. Their intent for the domain is to promote and protect the sport and the interests of its stakeholders, including entities and organizations affiliated with basketball, and its players and fans worldwide. Minds + Machines was selected at their back-end registry services provider.
2. Donuts (Little Hollow, LLC), a start up company established by domain industry veterans that applied for 307 new gTLDs. Daniel Schindler, Donuts EVP for Sales & Market is the contact person in the application.
3. Famous Four Media (dot Basketball Limited), Geir Rasmussen is the contact person in the application. The company is based in Gibraltar and filed 61 gTLD applications.

GAC Early Warnings

The applications from Donuts and Famous Four Media each received a GAC Early Warning from Greece. The warning system is noted as a strong recommendation on behalf of national governments to the ICANN Board that a given TLD application should be denied as it stands. Applicants are encouraged to work with objecting GAC members.

The warnings are identical and state that each respective organization does not represent the international basketball community while FIBA, which also applied, does.