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NCAA Issues Final Warning To North Carolina Over HB2 Ahead Of Site Selection Meetings

In its "most direct statement yet," the NCAA on Thursday warned the state of North Carolina to "repeal House Bill 2 soon or lose championship events" through '22, according to a front-page piece by Morrill & Campbell of the CHARLOTTE OBSERVER. The statement read, "As the state knows, next week our various sports committees will begin making championships site selections for 2018-2022. Once the sites are selected ... those decisions are final.” The NCAA "plans to announce sites on April 18," and the statement "came on HB2’s first anniversary." It also came as lawmakers and North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper "remain at an impasse over repeal." But state legislative leaders Thursday said that "they’re talking about changes in the law." Cooper on Thursday also issued a statement in which he "called for repeal" of the law (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/24). USA TODAY's Scott Gleeson writes the "clock is almost done ticking for North Carolina to save millions of dollars." The NCAA's decision to "relocate the events affected this year's NCAA tournament, as the first and second round were held in Greenville, S.C., as opposed to Greensboro, N.C." Meanwhile the state of Texas earlier this month "voted to advance a bill similar to HB2 to the full Senate." The NCAA "has no official statement on Texas' state legislature." However, the LGBT sports group  Athlete Ally "organized more than 50 members of the athletic community" including Storm G Sue Bird, Storm F Breanna Stewart and Tennis HOFer Martina Navratilova to "sign an open letter criticizing the Texas state legislature" of Senate Bill 6 (USA TODAY, 3/24). 

DOESN'T WORK FOR THEM: YAHOO SPORTS' Henry Bushnell noted cities in North Carolina have "bid for 133 events across all NCAA sports" from '18-22. Both Duke men's basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski and North Carolina men's basketball coach coach Roy Williams have been "critical of the law, and have called for it to be repealed" (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 3/23). POLITICO magazine's Elena Schneider writes under the header, "The Bathroom Bill That Ate North Carolina" (POLITICO.com, 3/23).

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