Not sure if this will eventually affect the MWC, but a new law in Calfornia bans UC and CSU schools from stated-funded travel for college athetlcs.
The beef is that the State of California says that these States have ANTI-LGBT laws in place, and so California tax funds are not allowed to be used to travel there.
States that California schools are no longer allowed to travel to (i.e., schedule games against) are:
Kansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Mississippi
Kansas is on the travel prohibition list because of a 2016 law that enabled college campus religious groups to require that members adhere to their religious beliefs and standards.
That law was crafted partially in response to a controversy in California that occurred when a Christian student group lost recognition on California State University campuses for failure to comply with an “all comers” non-discrimination policy in 2014.
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http://thecomeback.com/ncaa/california-law-stop-ncaa-games-schools-four-states-anti-lgbt-laws.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/02/06/cal-withdraws-from-talks-with-kansas-over-anti-lgbt-law/
http://www.kansas.com/news/politics-government/article128717554.html