NCAA removes all scheduled events from North Carolina over anti-Transgender "Bathroom Bill"

[Slutty Mathlete]

The NCAA announced tonight that it was removing seven championship events from the state of North Carolina during the 2016-17 school year, mostly in response to the state’s passage last spring of House Bill 2, an anti-LGBT “Bathroom Bill.†The NCAA Board of Governors removed the events because of four main factors:

1. North Carolina laws invalidate any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a purpose to prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.

2. North Carolina has the only statewide law that makes it unlawful to use a restroom different from the gender on one’s birth certificate, regardless of gender identity.

3. North Carolina law provides legal protections for government officials to refuse services to the LGBT community.

4. Five states plus numerous cities prohibit travel to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff. These states are New York, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont and Connecticut.

And the seven removed championship events are as follows:

2016 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, College Cup (Cary), Dec. 2 and 4.
2016 Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships (Greensboro), Dec. 2 and 3.
2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, first/second rounds (Greensboro), March 17 and 19.
2017 Division I Women’s Golf Championships, regional (Greenville), May 8-10.
2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships (Cary), May 22-27.
2017 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Cary), May 26 and 28.
2017 Division II Baseball Championship (Cary), May 27-June 3.

Best estimates are that HB2 has already cost the state around $80 million. That amount has certainly skyrocketed.

http://deadspin.com/ncaa-removes-championship-events-from-north-carolina-du-1786555047

[GalaxunnieSuperOppa]

Good!!!

[Kanan]

I heard their tourism income is fucked because of this stupid bill.

Better get rid of it and drop the transphobic bs, North Carolina.   

[SJK]

I get such schadenfreude at the fact that conservatives can't afford their beliefs anymore.

 

[030413]

This is hurting the everyday citizens of that state not the politicians. I'm sure athletes were anticipating and training hard for these events. I know they want to send a message to the state but it's just messing with the average person.

[gretchen]

So Noth Carolina can't train at their own facilities lol?

[rasras]

once again, America = freedom of what? lol

[Slutty Mathlete]

This is hurting the everyday citizens of that state not the politicians. I'm sure athletes were anticipating and training hard for these events. I know they want to send a message to the state but it's just messing with the average person.

 

The events themselves are still happening. They are just going to have them elsewhere.

 

Edit: I've changed the title of the thread to better reflect this.

[030413]

The events themselves are still happening. They are just going to have them elsewhere.

 

Thanks for the clarification.