And now we have another state wanting to join North Carolina in American Sports Apartheid...

The governor of the state of Texas, Transphobe Greg Abbott, wants passed an anti-transgender bathroom bill.

The NFL has told said state that such passage might well terminate any hope of Texas hosting the Super Bowl in the future.

The governor of the state has said, according to Deadspin, that the NFL is "walking on thin ice", also referencing the Colin Kaepernick debacle.

He may wish to talk to his religious brethren in North Carolina, who have lost:

• The NBA All-Star Game this year
• The ACC Football Championship Game, at least for this year
• At least one year of NCAA Championships, including one pod of the first two rounds.
• And as now threatened that, if their anti-transgender bill is not rescinded, that ban will until at least 2022, for ALL NCAA Championships.  They have until the end of February, according to Deadspin.

Governor Transphobe in Texas had better get with reality.  As the (very strongly-worded) letter to North Carolina notes, there's a lot on the line here, and the NCAA has a year and a half worth already in the tank:

• The Women's Basketball Final Four is in Dallas this year.  (The day after the corresponding rounds of the Men's.)
• The Division I (FCS) Football Championship is held in Frisco, TX.  (Was held on January 3, 2017)
• The Men's and Women's Indoor Track and Field Division I Championships are in College Station, TX this year. (Second weekend in March)
• The Men's Swimming and Diving Division III Championships are in Shenandoah, TX this year. (Third weekend in March)
• The Women's Golf Division III National Championship is in Houston this year (Second weekend in May).
• The Division II Baseball National Championship is in Grand Prairie, TX this year (end of May, first of June).

Sourced from the official NCAA ticket page for their National Championship events.  There is no information as to awarded bids for 2017-18 on that page, but those bids are already in.

Next year's Men's Final Four, however, is in San Antonio.

As such, I leave you with this message I have sent to the Governor of the State of Texas, both his news and personal Twitter accounts:

@GovAbbott @GregAbbott_TX Just a reminder: If you sign that transphobic piece of shit bill, you lose next year's Final Four. #Fact

— Michael Falkner (@darkstar7646) February 16, 2017