NBA commissioner Adam Silver has said the league will move their All-Star Game is North Carolina’s controversial new law stays in place.
In what has proven to be a sometimes volatile and controversial world of politics during the 2016 calendar year, one new law in the state of North Carolina is proving to cost the state business…and now, it may affect the sports world in the state.
NBA commissioner Adam Silver, who has been adamant about moving the league forward and not shying away from social and political issues, has said that if the state’s new law limiting the rights of transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with isn’t repealed, the league will move on of their marquee events that is scheduled for the state in 2017:
Adam Silver says the NBA has been clear that if the status quo in North Carolina remains in place the All-Star Game would have to be moved.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) April 21, 2016
The state’s bill was in response to the city of Charlotte passing an ordinance that allowed for transgender citizens to use the bathrooms that they identify with as opposed to the gender they were at birth. The bill’s passing has caused widespread controversy across the country, as people on both sides of the issue being very public with their opinions.
The bill also opens up the door for the LGBT community to be fired from jobs and denied services as they are not protected by the state’s anti-discrimination policies. The NCAA Tournament, which is scheduled to have games played in Charlotte over the next two seasons, says it is also monitoring what is going on in the state before deciding whether or not to move those games.
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