Charlotte loses NBA All-Star game in 2017 over HB2

[Diamond Jim]

The NBA has pulled its 2017 All-Star Game out of Charlotte, North Carolina in the wake of the passage of a controversial measure that has been criticized as anti-LGBT.

"The NBA has decided to relocate the 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte," the NBA told ABC News today in a statement, adding that it would "make an announcement on the new location of the 2017 NBA All-Star Game in the coming weeks."

"Since March, when North Carolina enacted HB2 and the issue of legal protections for the LGBT community in Charlotte became prominent, the NBA and the Charlotte Hornets have been working diligently to foster constructive dialogue and try to effect positive change," the NBA said. "While we recognize that the NBA cannot choose the law in every city, state, and country in which we do business, we do not believe we can successfully host our All-Star festivities in Charlotte in the climate created by HB2."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/nba-pulls-...north-carolina/story?id=40775120&cid=abcn_tco

This supposedly cost the city of Charlotte $100 million in revenue over the 3 day all-star weekend. I read months ago that cancelled music acts alone N.C. was losing about $80 million in profits.

Big move by the NBA.

 

[Scerpi]

Whatever.... I'm sure NBA players everywhere are celebrating this decision

Spoiler

So Brave

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

forcing charlotte to go gay for pay

 

[nstig8]

NBA has no problem receiving revenue from anti-gay countries.

 

[ripskater]

NBA has no problem receiving revenue from anti-gay countries.

I think they also have played NBA games in countries where gays probably have it much worse than in North Carolina.

 

[Madmick]

The regressive left, ladies and gentlemen.

 

[ripskater]

Personally I think that women and girls should not have to put up with having men dressed a women going into their restrooms and locker rooms. So I stand behind North Carolina on this.

 

[Killswitch91]

Good.

HB2 is a trash law that isn't only about the bathroom section, it completely strips anti-discrimination protections from LGBTQ individuals and takes away local municipalities ability to make their own laws.

It's awful on all sides and needs to be completely repealed.

 

[tehend]

Amazingly hypocritical but so brave.

 

[shockaholic12]

Good.

HB2 is a trash law that isn't only about the bathroom section, it completely strips anti-discrimination protections from LGBTQ individuals and takes away local municipalities ability to make their own laws.

It's awful on all sides and needs to be completely repealed.

Small government is probably the most disingenuous platform the right claims to hold. Party and constitutes both.

 

[panamaican]

Clearly the math is in their favor. The NBA has no need to embroil itself in this hot button issue and moving the game is the smart decision. If they didn't, it would be constant questions about why they're supporting the city. In and of itself, not a problem. But the players would eventually start getting asked and someone would say something offensive and damage the brand. Instead, you're going to get a few days of CJW's arguing that the NBA caved to PC pressure and then they'll move on to the next contrived example of society falling apart.

People can reference other countries but who cares? Americans don't really care about the political positions overseas and journalists here rarely ask athletes about international affairs.

Smart decision. It'll be even more obvious at the 2017 All-Star game when no one mentions this at all.

 

[UpaLoompa]

Silly NBA, only the right-wing gets to use economic motivators for policy and social positions.

 

[Kalmah]

Good on the NBA for using their corporate weight to stick up for civil rights like this. For better or worse, money is what gets things done.

 

[snakedafunky]

Good, same as a business should be able to refuse service to people for whatever reason.
The NBA should have the same rights, if they think its not good for their future business to play in North Carolina or for whatever reason, they are free to move the game.

 

[bmasters1993]

So where is it gonna be now?

And is it now going to be a big celebration of all things trans?

 

[2DUM2TAP]

So where is it gonna be now?

And is it now going to be a big celebration of all things trans?

New Orleans

 

[SafeSpace]

The dullard commissioner said that it didn't make sense to remove the game only... It made more sense to move the team and not do any business.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/15290708/all-star-game-move-north-carolina-law-not-changed

Just another reason this league has turned a sport I love to play into wwf garbarge at times. Zero coincidence they gifted a title to a guy that held a blm tribute on the espys with his banana boat crew. I blame abc equally for injecting politics into a sport.

 

[Deleted member 159002]

Lame but I'm not surprised. It's ironic how the job creators have normalized deviance to the dismay of conservatives who have fetishized them.

 

[punky brewster]

Well, at least the city doesn't have to waste a bunch of money on extra security and doesn't have to deal with the spike in crime that seems to follow this event around every year.

 

[scoopj]

The aspect of the law dealing with transgenders using the bathroom coinciding with the sex on their birth certificate is much ado about nothing. In NC, if you've had reassignment surgery, you can have the gender on your BC changed.