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NCAA President
Mark Emmert continued making the media rounds this morning to discuss his organization’s concern with a controversial new Indiana law. He appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” and said, “We'd much rather be talking about how badly yours and my brackets performed in basketball than where we are on this issue. But this is an issue of extraordinary importance to all of us. It's of importance to the NCAA because we're an employer here in this state. But more importantly, it's important to us because it strikes at the core values of what higher education in America is all about.”
Emmert said between now and July, when the law would come into effect, “members of the NCAA have to stop and say, ‘What relationship do we want with the state of Indiana?’ We hold lots of events here. ... We have to be able to conduct our affairs and run our championships in an environment that reflects our core values of inclusion and diversity and make hard decisions, and the members are going to have to make some hard decisions” (“Squawk Box,” CNBC, 3/31).
Meanwhile, the S.F. CHRONICLE's Ann Killion writes the new law puts the NCAA in an "untenable position, along with the NFL, U.S. Swimming and Diving and other organizations that host large events in the state."
