Dr.Traveler
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Damage to brand is a likely out here. The NCAA wants to be in compliance with Title IX which bans many forms of discrimination. They want to appeal to a wide audience that would include the Les/Bi/Gay/Trans community. Being seen as supporting a law that is not popular nationally is damaging to the brand. What's PC or not is determined by what the culture of the time and day sees as acceptable and right now, people aren't fond of things they see as discrimination based on sexual orientation.Damage to brand by something like not allowing men in the ladies room? No one would have been stupid enough to sign a contract like that. You haven't demonstrated how that's acting like an ass, like most libs you think way to highly of yourself.Damage to brand or things related to bad publicity likely are in the contract. You may decry PC, but if you act like an ass to people you suffer negative publicity. That's not a violation of Free Speech, that's just a consequence of being an ass. Legality of the facility likely an issue too. If any of the events are being held on a campus accepting Federal Funding, the North Carolina law would put the campus squarely in the cross-hairs of Title IX enforcement.Political correctness likely isn't in the contract. Hurt feelings likely isn't in the contract. Allowing men in the ladies room likely isn't in the contract. Leftists like to pretend sexual preference is a race. It isn't. And declaring it so likely isn't in the contract.I'll confess, I'm not a lawyer. But my understanding is that contracts involving venues for major events usually have an out allowing cancellation for various reasons for either party. Right or wrong, North Carolina's law has ran afoul of Title IX issues a lot of colleges have become sensitive about and as such I'd imagine there's fertile ground there for cancellation.Or they are run by libs and acted out of emotion. If there's a contract they are fucked, good on the governor's office for spanking them.The NCAA is well within it's rights to boycott the state, and North Carolina is well within it's rights to sue if a contract is in place. North Carolina's governor though should weigh very carefully if he goes through with it. Contract violation isn't always easy to prove and the NCAA has very very deep pockets and very good lawyers. Going to court and then on to appeal will cost the taxpayers millions with little hope of recouping the money in a timely manner.
Standing will be an issue, as was pointed out earlier. I imagine a lot of the lawsuits will be dismissed due to standing while the rest get stonewalled.
Realistically the only way to punish the NCAA effectively if you disagree with them is a boycott. If you are willing to organize and really fight fire with fire you could advocate for the college athlete's right to form unions. If North Carolina were to find a way to at least threaten to allow their student athletes to unionize the NCAA would fold fast.
I'd imagine that a lot of the schools in North Carolina involved in this aren't going to rush to sue simply because of the Title IX issue. I may be misremembering it, but a fair number of the colleges and universities in North Carolina came out and said they wouldn't be enforcing the law on campus due to Title IX.
A good tip here, free of charge, when debating someone, establish a foundation before you build on it. Otherwise it's a silly waste of time.