Excitement for this weekend’s Final Four is at fever pitch all across America. Not so much for the sports desk at The New York Times. On Thursday, NYT March Madness coverage focused on efforts in North Carolina to repeal the state’s bathroom law enacted to protect women and children from victimization.
The quests of Gonzaga and South Carolina for their first-ever national championships can stand aside for now. Especially since, as the NYT’s Marc Tracy reports …
The agreement late Wednesday by North Carolina lawmakers and its governor to repeal a law that curbs legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people came at a propitious time for the state’s sports fans.
For sports fans? Nope. For radical LGBT activists. So bury the North Carolina-Oregon matchup “below the fold” because, as the NYT reports …
Several prominent sports leagues and businesses have canceled events in the state since last year because of the law. And last Friday, the N.C.A.A. not only reaffirmed its decision to remove events from the state — “to assure a safe, healthy, discrimination-free atmosphere,” it said — but also pointedly noted that decisions on where to hold championship events through 2022 would begin to be made this week.
North Carolina Coach Roy Williams has a lot on his mind right now, namely how to contend with the Oregon Ducks, who just mauled a powerhouse Kansas team. It’s simply more important the world know he recently said, of his state’s bathroom law: “The biggest thing is, guys, it’s just not right.”
Tracy mentioned that conservatives oppose open bathroom policy that allows sexually confused persons to use the bathrooms of their perceived gender. However, when commonsense social legislation is being debated, the Left always pulls out the “business card”. If same-sex marriage or transgender bathroom rights are not recognized, then the city or state in question will lose huge amounts of business revenue. Tracy cited a new Associated Press study that found North Carolina will lose nearly $4 billion in revenue because of events cancelled by the NCAA, the NBA, entertainers and state government entities.
Give this economic boost figure to the victims of Richard Rodriguez, arrested for filming them in bathroom stalls at Potomac Mills Mall in Virginia. It won’t comfort them or any other women and girls around the nation victimized by laws allowing so-called transgenders with devious intentions to victimize them in vulnerable situations.
Tracy quoted Fatima Goss Graves, the incoming president and chief executive of the National Women’s Law Center, who said earlier this year that “the visibility and popularity of sports organizations such as the N.C.A.A. make them crucial players in debates over laws governing social issues. The N.C.A.A. has long been a leader in outlining that it does not tolerate discrimination and addressing discrimination as a part of its core values. Sports and sports culture drive change. Sports entities serve such an important role.”
The NCAA and multiple pro sports leagues show no courage or transcendent values whatsoever and their “values” are actually flagrant fouls against society. They merely adopt left-wing narratives on every social issue, and these policies do not serve the best interests of affected individuals. They also realize that opposition to LGBT positions will result in boycotts and militancy. And so they dummy up to the LGBT agenda.
Tracy’s story did not mention it, but another NYT story focused on LGBT leaders complaining that the North Carolina compromise does not go far enough. In other words, more coercion is needed so North Carolina lawmakers get the message. That may mean LGBT activists and their left-stream media sycophants will continue to use sports events blackmail as a weapon to get their way.
