BREAKING: NCAA Moves Championship Events From North Carolina

NC is going to have to figure a way to save face and remove this law.

I have no idea what the answer to this issue is, but it seemed like a solution looking for a problem just as was the Charlotte ordinance that triggered it.

what a loser state, thanks to the GOP:

In addition to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, North Carolina is also losing:

▪ The 2016 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, which had been scheduled for Dec. 2 and 4 in Cary.

▪ The 2016 Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships, which had been scheduled for Dec. 2 and 3 in Greensboro.

▪ A 2017 Division I Women’s Golf Championships regional, which had been scheduled for May 8-10 in Greenville.

▪ The 2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships, which had been scheduled for May 22-27 in Cary.

▪ The 2017 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship, which had been scheduled for May 26 and 28 in Cary.

â–ª The 2017 Division II Baseball Championship, which had been scheduled for May 27-June 3 in Cary.

The Town of Cary was hit especially hard by the NCAA’s decision. Harold Weinbrecht, the Cary mayor, released a statement expressing his frustration that HB2 had cost the town the opportunity to host four NCAA championships.

“I am extremely disappointed with this news,” he said. “We are no longer viewed as a progressive state but a backwards one which is a disservice to the citizens of North Carolina. We will lose millions of dollars in economic benefit locally.

“We are currently viewed as a discriminatory state by the many businesses who have decided not to consider us in their future plans. Now the NCAA has been added to that list.”

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article101464492.html

How long until being opposed to bestiality is considering being anti-progressive? Don't know if they taught you all this in kindergarten or not but males should use the men's room (OMG HE SAID THE M-WORD), and females are supposed to use the women's room. I have bad news for a lot of you but if you were born a male, you're NEVER going to be a true female, I'm sorry to break your heart and cause you to throw a temper tantrum. You're a human, not a clownfish. And all you females out there with penis evny, I hate to say it, but you're a female even after you're doped to the gills on testosterone and they've dragged your uterus out of our vagina to make it look like a penis (and I'm not exactly sure how they feign the scrotum and testicles). Way to leave it up to rest of us to keep the species going so you can play imposter. Grow up, get over yourselves, and stop being a bunch of whiny babies.

As a Cary resident, I'm sad. It's a tiny town that spends a lot of money on sporting facilities relative to its population. It sucks we are getting hit super hard for the state's stupid decisions and selfishly I wanted to go to the Women's soccer champs...

Dang! You spend a lot of time thinking about some things that don't concern you.

This is obviously correct, but the current climate is to overextend yourself to demonstrate just how "progressive" and "tolerant" you can be in the face of ridiculousness. It has become like an Olympic event. Who can proclaim the loudest that they were the most accepting, preferably before anyone else.

Eventually the pendulum should swing back to a sensible middle ground reality, but right now we are in the midst of an extremely messed up social situation due to these loony birds. The ship will have to right itself soon.

Yes, the bestiality is coming. I never thought I would see the day in which opposing transgenderism or homosexuality would make one a bigot, but that awful day is here.

Sounds like someone only knows that ONE PART of the HB2. Try doing some research before you make yourself look like a fool.

Does HB 2 eliminate any state law claim for wrongful termination of an employee on the basis of the color of a person's skin?

Does HB 2 eliminate any state law claim for discrimination in the workplace on the basis of national origin or ethnicity?

Does HB 2 eliminate the existing state law remedy that now protects (but no longer will) a Christian who has been terminated from their job on the basis of religion?

Does HB 2 eliminate all existing state law remedies for women from being demoted, transferred, or terminated from their job because of their sex?

The answer to all of these questions is YES... which is embarrassing. This is a really really sh#tty piece of legislature, but you keep worrying about people creeping on you in the bathroom - which has never affected you or anyone you know.

If they moved sporting events away from all states that had some disagreeable laws there would be no state to host any sporting events.

Um, ever heard of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? These items should already protected under federal law.

This is your professional position as a doctor?

That doesn't stop a state from passing garbage like HB 2 and then making the lives of innocent workers a nightmare while waiting for the higher courts deliberate for months, if not years...

Strange New World wrote:

Yes, the bestiality is coming.

Let me know when non-human animals can give informed consent.

Strange New World wrote:

I never thought I would see the day in which opposing transgenderism or homosexuality would make one a bigot, but that awful day is here.

"Intermarriage between whites and blacks is repulsive and averse to every sentiment of pure American spirit. It is abhorrent and repugnant. It is subversive to social peace. It is destructive of moral supremacy, and ultimately this slavery to black beasts will bring this nation to a fatal conflict."

US Rep. Seaborn Roddenbery, GA-D

January 1913

L L wrote:

If they moved sporting events away from all states that had some disagreeable laws there would be no state to host any sporting events.

Wrong. California welcomes the NCAA. Despite the few pockets of 'North Carolinians' most of the State's liberal social polices work.

Interesting how few are taking credit for these regressive social policies. This is not county politics. This would be the new normal without some economic consequences.

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

L L wrote:

If they moved sporting events away from all states that had some disagreeable laws there would be no state to host any sporting events.

Wrong. California welcomes the NCAA. Despite the few pockets of 'North Carolinians' most of the State's liberal social polices work.

California's liberal policies have resulted in it leading the nation in poverty.

California has laws that some people disagree with.

If the right people in power disagreed with them and they stirred up enough protesters, they could get major sporting events moved from there.

I don't have problems with them but I'm sure some of our conservative friends here could list their issues.

The 2021 Super Bowl is supposed to be in Inglewood, CA.

People could get really pissed at the state income tax rates and demand it be moved to Texas.

And they could use the North Carolina boycotts as precedent.

Blah Blah. wrote:

pop_pop!_v2.2.1 wrote:

Wrong. California welcomes the NCAA. Despite the few pockets of 'North Carolinians' most of the State's liberal social polices work.

California's liberal policies have resulted in it leading the nation in poverty.

The US Census Bureau reports California as having the 16th worst poverty rate among US states as DC.

Strange New World wrote: Yes, the bestiality is coming. I never thought I would see the day in which opposing transgenderism or homosexuality would make one a bigot, but that awful day is here.

No, bestiality is NOT coming, and the sensible people among us are tired of hearing that argument spewed from the mouths of intellectually stunted troglodytes such as yourself.

What a shame it is that you're being made to feel self-conscious for being a bigot. And, yes, that is exactly what you are - otherwise, why would you bother to oppose transgenderism and homosexuality? Is it because of your antiquated and narrow-minded religious zealotry? If so, why don't you keep your petty judgments to yourself, love all human beings as your Christian god has COMMANDED you to do, and then let Him/Her/It worry about any eternal consequences.

Or maybe you're one of those closeted individuals who hates others because you're too soft and cowardly to look in the mirror. Yep, good chance that is the problem.

Given your fervor, it's one or the other.

L L wrote:

California has laws that some people disagree with.

If the right people in power disagreed with them and they stirred up enough protesters, they could get major sporting events moved from there.

I don't have problems with them but I'm sure some of our conservative friends here could list their issues.

The 2021 Super Bowl is supposed to be in Inglewood, CA.

People could get really pissed at the state income tax rates and demand it be moved to Texas.

And they could use the North Carolina boycotts as precedent.

They certainly could and are welcome to try - just about every major event has some protesters. And when they do - the NFL will decide if its worthwhile to listen and move then event - just like the NCAA has done. I wouldn't hold your breath on that though.