To be consistent, ACC and NCAA need to boycott NC

Mar 24, 2016, 9:03 PM

Now that the state of SC has removed the confederate flag and therefore ban on post-season ACC and NCAA tournaments, NC has jumped into the fire with their actions viewed as discriminatory against LGBT folks. Not debating that law as I'm sure there is a wide range of opinion on it. I'm taking a narrow angle here, specifically related to college sports.

Removing the chance of Greenville to host the ACC baseball tourney or any SC city from occasionally getting a first and second round basketball tourney host duty was not really a huge deal to most, as it only really hurt Clemson and a relatively small state in the ACC footprint. If these organizations are consistent in their deeds, the baseball tourney shall now be ripped out of Durham and Greensboro and Charlotte should no longer be able to host basketball tournaments, right? Not to mention Charlotte getting the football championship. Perhaps Swofford should move the league offices too to take a stand against hate and discrimination.

And for the NCAA, does this mean no more defacto home games which have almost been guaranteed for the higher seeded UNC or Duke team in the first and second rounds every year?

The NBA has already reacted:

"The NBA, which is set to host its All-Star Game in Charlotte next year, said it is “deeply concerned that this discriminatory law runs counter to our guiding principles of equality and mutual respect.” The league said it doesn’t yet know what impact the law will have on its “ability to successfully host” the event."

Google, Apple, American Airlines and many others have already condemned the bill. Mr. Swofford, you took swift action against SC, will we see the same against NC?

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for gay people, as this law does. Declare loudly that it is perfectly legal in North Carolina to discriminate against gay people in housing, employment & public accommodations, & prohibit any city or county in N.C. from making it illegal to do so, rescinding any existing ordinances to that effect. For good measure, prohibit any city or county from raising the minimum wage or setting employment standards, & close the courts to people who have a claim of discrimination. That's what this law does. Yet people insist on framing this as a "bathroom bill" when in fact it is broadly sweeping, unconstitutional legislation that does many far more consequential things.

I swear, I have to admit a grudging admiration for Republicans, not for their politics but for their audacity & ruthlessness in pushing their agenda. Whenever they take political power, first they CONSOLIDATE THEIR POWER through gerrymandering, vote suppression, or whatever it takes to ensure that they can never be dislodged from office. Then they COME AFTER THEIR POLITICAL TARGETS - gay people & transgender people in this case, but frequently it's Latinos, blacks, Muslims, young people, organized labor, low-wage earners, environmental advocates, "liberal" academics or anyone else on their hit list. Republicans are all about putting people in their place, stripping people of their rights. I've long said to anyone willing to listen that the U.S.A. has an authoritarian future. But increasingly it's an authoritarian present, & as always it's the unpopular, the marginalized & the powerless groups who are targeted first.

To be consistent, ACC and NCAA need to boycott NC

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