Texas governor: NFL is 'walking on thin ice' with Super Bowl threat

Following the conclusion of Super Bowl LI in Houston, the NFL warned that Texas' ''bathroom bill'' targeting transgender people could affect the state's chances of hosting the event again.

That threat didn't sit well with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who fired back at the league Tuesday.

"The NFL is walking on thin ice right here," Abbott told conservative radio host Glenn Beck, according to Patrick Svitek of the Texas Tribune. "The NFL needs to concentrate on playing football and get the heck out of politics."

League spokesman Brian McCarthy said last Friday that any proposal that was "discriminatory" and "inconsistent" with the NFL's values would be a factor when awarding future Super Bowls.

"For some low-level NFL adviser to come out and say that they are going to micromanage and try to dictate to the state of Texas what types of policies we're going to pass in our state, that's unacceptable," Abbott told Beck. "We don't care what the NFL thinks and certainly what their political policies are because they are not a political arm of the state of Texas or the United States of America. They need to learn their place in the United States, which is to govern football, not politics."

It's not the governor's first shot at the league. He mocked the NFL's decision-making ability in a tweet, citing Tom Brady's Deflategate suspension.

Abbott has previously taken a neutral stance on the proposal, and it's unclear if his criticism of the NFL means he intends to support the bill.