Because of Anti-Gay Law, Southern Mississippi Baseball Will Lose Home Games

[Eliot Rosewater]

https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/01/04/because-anti-gay-law-southern-mississippi-baseball-will-lose-home-games

A Mississippi law that allows businesses to deny services to same-sex couples has caused a ripple effect and shaved three home games from the University of Southern Mississippi’s baseball schedule.

Stony Brook University, part of the public State University of New York system, was scheduled to play Southern Mississippi in February, but no longer will because New York Governor Andrew Cuomo banned all nonessential travel to Mississippi following the passage of the new state law, the Sun Herald reported.

“I just hate losing the three home games,” Southern Mississippi’s head baseball coach, Scott Berry, told the Sun Herald. “I’m sure it’s going to cost us for sure. That’s three gates and everything that goes into a game day in terms of revenue.”

GREAT job Governor Cuomo!

There are now two sides, two parties, if you can call GOP a party.

One side, Democrats, favors equality, the other side does not.

[Egnever]

1. Hmm that seems odd

Why would they lose if the opposing team does not show up?

[More_Cowbell]

4. lose equals "won't play"

They'll undoubtedly "win" the game, scorewise.

[Cartoonist]

5. They lose the revenue

That's more important than wins or losses.

[Egnever]

6. Ahh got it

I thought they meant they would lose the games and it would hurt their standings.

[Scurrilous]

2. K&R

[unc70]

3. Not the score. Ticket sales, concessions, maybe TV, money