Did the politicians push for CSUB to the BW cause they didn't like them being in a conference that has a member in Texas?

The article is about how San Diego State is having to use private fund to go play in Wichita. As state funds are not allowed.

Quote:Assembly Bill No. 1887 is a California law enacted last year that prohibits most forms of state-funded travel to places with legislation deemed discriminatory, particularly against gay, bisexual or transgender people. Eight states are on the banned list.

Kansas, Texas, Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee.

The executive director of Equality California, the state’s largest LGBT civil rights organization that sponsored AB 1887, told the Union-Tribune in July that the law’s intent is not to “impact student-athletes’ careers” by preventing them from competing in conference or NCAA championships.

“Our hope,” Rick Zbur said, “is that one of the things this does is results in tournament and conference games not being sited in these states, that California schools will use their advocacy efforts with the NCAA ... These games shouldn’t be occurring in these states. We want to send a message to these states that there is a cost to passing laws that are targeting our community.”

http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/spor...story.html