(03-13-2018 03:00 PM)hoopfan Wrote:  

(03-13-2018 01:15 PM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  Understand that the lack of consensus and respect for a certain community is precisely how we got here. And why this might get worse moving forward.

The ability of LGBT persons to participate in college athletics might not be important to you, or to the people who largely run collegiate athletics....but it is important to a sizeable portion of the owners of some of these programs (the taxpayers). This is what happens when straight/cis people 'decide' what is acceptable for LGBT people , without the input of the targeted minority (e.g., LGBT people). None of the bathroom bills (or the Mississippi HB 1523, which authorizes wholescale discrimination in healthcare and public accommodations) took into account any concerns of the LGBT community.

So the LGBT community is going to use the levers open to them. They could care less about where CSUB plays basketball, or if they play basketball at all. Or where or if SDSU plays football. And that's the problem of those programs too. The only interaction the LGBT community has with those programs is usually at the receiving end of a big fat bill to pay for programs that largely (or completely) exclude them. The smart move would be for programs to ramp up LGBT inclusion (most have 0% inclusion and have never had any inclusion).

The cheer squads and dance teams are over flowing with inclusion.

So the cheerleading coach gets a salary like that of the football coach? How many full ride scholarships on those teams? And does the school promote those programs like the ones where LGBT persons are effectively excluded from?

And lets face facts. Number of openly Gay football players in the history of FBS....1. Number of openly Gay coaches .... 0. Assistant Coaches....0. You know it would still be bad if the taxpayers weren't paying for it. But they are.

Quite frankly, the next bill that California might throw up there is to ban their schools from competing period in those states. Even NCAA bids. By the way, expect Mississippis treatment of LGBT fans to be tested soon.