NCAA Removes Tourney Sites From Greensboro Over HB2

[AverageJoesGym]

Coach K and Ole Roy are going to be upset.

 

NCAA plans to move NCAA Tournament games out of North Carolina

[16thBBall Fan]

Just saw this on CNN and it said they have already moved 7 events for the 2016-17 NCAA tournament. That was what I was thinking exactly.

[Clyde]

Hello, slippery slope.

[Clyde]

NC Republican Party spokesperson said they wish the NCAA was as concerned about rape at Baylor.

 

Fair.

[Clyde]

Duke AD supports decision.

[Clyde]

Duke AD supports decision.

 

UNC AD and ACC commissioner said the bill needs to be repealed.

[bugatti]

Talk about taking a stand. This may have larger repercussions with such wide-ranging alumni support nation wide.

[bugatti]

NC Republican Party spokesperson said they wish the NCAA was as concerned about rape at Baylor.

 

Fair.

Touche.

[TheDeuce]

Will this be the first year Duke and UNC have played a tournament game outside the state of NC?

 

:banana:

[jericho]

Awesome.

[OlDog75]

This is a bad precedent to start in my opinion.

[PurplePride92]

Will this be the first year Duke and UNC have played a tournament game outside the state of NC?

 

:banana:

 

:stop:

[Clyde]

ACC is moving the football conference championship out of Charlotte.

 

7 other sports have also had tourney games removed from NC.

[MentschTrachtGottLacht]

I hope this would also mean no more USA Collegiate Baseball games in Cuba, or no more Texas vs. Washington games in China. You know, if Human Rights really mean something.

 

This feels like the knee-jerkingest grand-stand move of all time. And that is saying something.

[Oldbird]

- Laws which discriminate are always are overturned. I can't tell you if it will be in a month or 10 years, but at some point this bill will be overturned.

 

- You add up the NCAA moving events out of the state + conventions moving out of state + artists refusing to go = a battle the state can not win. The cumulative impact of all of this on the state is a huge net economic loss over a law which will eventually be overturned anyway.

 

- The NCAA not playing games in Cuba or China would have zero impact over what those countries do or don't do (not to mention games in those places are rare). The NCAA not having events in NC will have an impact. I would support the NCAA not playing in places which have human rights abuse issues.

 

It never really hurts to do the right thing.