Anti-LGBT Law Has Prompted Calls Nationwide for NBA to Move Game Out of Tar Heel State
The NBA and team owners are meeting in New York today and will discuss the controversy surrounding North Carolina‘s anti-LGBT law HB2 and the multiple calls to move the 2017 All-Star game out of state. The game is scheduled for Charlotte next February.
The discussion will take place during “the regularly scheduled board of governors meetings,” the Charlotte Observer reports.
HB2 has drawn nationwide scorn, prompting many cultural icons, including Bruce Springsteen and Ringo Starr, to boycott the state. One report found the negative economic impact on North Carolina exceeds half a billion dollars.
NBA great Charles Barkley, and Detroit Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy have called on the NBA to relocate the 2017 All-Star game, and earlier this week a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators sent a letter to NBA commissioner Adam Silver asking him to move the game out of the Tar Heel State.
The NBA has not signaled if it will move the game, but said it is “deeply concerned that this discriminatory law runs counter to our guiding principles of equality and mutual respect.â€
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