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Texas Governor Fires Back At NFL For Threats To Ban Super Bowl Because Of Transgender Law

Hank Berrien

Over the weekend, Governor Greg Abbott fired back at the NFL after NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy stated on Friday that the NFL would not hold Super Bowls in Texas if Abbott signed a transgender bill into law.

NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy told the Associated Press that Texas’ proposed Senate Bill 6 would “certainly be a factor considered when thinking about awarding future events.” SB 6 states, “A school district or open-enrollment charter school shall adopt a policy requiring each multiple-occupancy bathroom or changing facility accessible to students that is located in a school or school facility to be designated for and used only by persons based on the person’s biological sex.”

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