Adam Silver threatened to move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game out of Charlotte if North Carolina did not repeal a law requiring transgender people to use public restrooms of the sex listed on their birth certificate. He is apparently making good on his promise:
This is what Silver said this past April:
“The sense was that if the NBA could give us some time, they in the community of North Carolina were optimistic they would see a change in the law. They weren’t guaranteeing it and I think which was why my response was the event still is 10 months from now, we don’t need to make a decision yet,” Silver said Thursday during a meeting of Associated Press Sports Editors.
“We’ve been, I think, crystal clear that we believe a change in the law is necessary for us to play in the kind of environment that we think is appropriate for a celebratory NBA event, but that we did have some time and that if the view of the people who were allied with us in terms of a change, if their view, the people on the ground in North Carolina, was that the situation would best be served by us not setting a deadline, we would not set a deadline at this time.”
This is a developing story and it will be updated if and when more information becomes available.
from The Big Lead http://ift.tt/29WyFKj
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