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    California Law: May affect recruiting and scheduling

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    A new California law could end up causing a headache for the sports teams for public universities in the state.
    Because of recently-added laws that are perceived as discriminatory against the LGBT community, California has now banned travel to eight states: Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota join a list that already includes Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.
    The law states that contracts that were signed before Jan. 1st, 2017, are exempted and can be fulfilled, but there’s not guarantee that will be the case in the future.
    “Moving forward, the athletic department will not schedule future games in states that fail to meet the standards established by the new law,” a UCLA spokesman told the Sacramento Bee. That said, the university does not use state funding for travel sports teams as it currently stands, and the goal of the law to avoid “spending taxpayer dollars in states that discriminate,” according to California’s Attorney General.
    "He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?

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    Raises several questions and I'd bet it get's struck down as unconstitutional.
    "He's a little bit ball-dominant, he needs to have the ball in his hands, and he's not a good shooter." Ball-dominant … isn't that a nice way of calling someone a ball hog? Where is my Jay Bilas Thesaurus?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muskie View Post
    Raises several questions and I'd bet it get's struck down as unconstitutional.
    ......and just plain stooooopid.


    That's just going too far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xu82 View Post
    ......and just plain stooooopid.


    That's just going too far.
    And it's hypocritical but no one has ever accused California politicians of being smart

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    Quote Originally Posted by Juice View Post
    And it's hypocritical but no one has ever accused California politicians of being smart
    It's a shame that state, which otherwise has so much to offer and is so stunningly beautiful, has been overrun by what can only be called a mind blowing bunch of idiots.

    Liberals run amuck.
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    I want to know what the reaction would be if Texas were to ban travel to states like California, New York, et al.

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    There are plenty of large and well known California universities that are PRIVATE and would not be effected by this law. But what happens if UCLA, or the other public universities are given bowl bids or put into NCAA tourney slots where they have to travel to these states? Wanta bet they find some way to sidestep this stupid law?

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    Quote Originally Posted by XUGRAD80 View Post
    There are plenty of large and well known California universities that are PRIVATE and would not be effected by this law. But what happens if UCLA, or the other public universities are given bowl bids or put into NCAA tourney slots where they have to travel to these states? Wanta bet they find some way to sidestep this stupid law?
    Theyll claim the travel was paid for directly by the bowl or NCAA and therefore no state funds we used.
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