US lawmakers and Sikh community groups have protested the FIBA's decision to delay reviewing its discriminatory policy that bans basketball players from wearing turbans. The policy prevents Sikh players from participating. Two US Congressmen criticized the delay, noting other sports leagues like FIFA and NCAA allow turbans. They urged FIBA to stop delaying and update its policies to allow religious freedom and stop requiring Sikhs to remove turbans to play. Sikh advocacy groups expressed disappointment in FIBA for letting bureaucracy stand in the way of progress and criticized its lack of representation of global sports given the forced choice for Sikh players between their religion and playing the game they love.