6.09.17 - Despite travel ban, UAlbany football game in N.C. will go on
"The University at Albany football team will play its game at Elon (N.C.) as scheduled on Sept. 30 despite Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s ban on non-essential state-funded travel to North Carolina."
"The ban was put into place in response to that state’s House Bill 2 and the replacement bill, HB142, which critics say are discriminatory to the LGBT community."
"Athletic director Mark Benson said Friday that UAlbany is contractually obligated to play the game as a football-only member of the Colonial Athletic Association. Also, Benson said the game was scheduled before the travel ban was put into effect in March 2016. There’s a clause in the ban that exempts preexisting contracts."