{"id":44218,"date":"2016-09-13T10:20:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ncaa-to-move-all-2016-17-championship-events-from-north-carolina-over-anti-lgbt-bathroom-law-video\/"},"modified":"2016-09-13T10:20:34","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T14:20:34","slug":"ncaa-to-move-all-2016-17-championship-events-from-north-carolina-over-anti-lgbt-bathroom-law-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/ncaa-to-move-all-2016-17-championship-events-from-north-carolina-over-anti-lgbt-bathroom-law-video\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA to Move All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Bathroom Law: VIDEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>NCAA to Move All 2016-17 Championship Events from North Carolina Over Anti-LGBT Bathroom Law: VIDEO<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The NCAA will&nbsp;move all of its&nbsp;2016-17 championship events from North Carolina to other states because of the state&rsquo;s discriminatory, anti-LGBT HB 2 put in place by Governor Pat McCrory,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.org\/about\/resources\/media-center\/news\/ncaa-relocate-championships-north-carolina-2016-17\" target=\"_blank\"> it said via press release<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ncaa.gif?resize=250%2C244\" alt=\"ncaa\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\">In its decision Monday, the Board of&nbsp;Governors&nbsp;emphasized that NCAA championships and events must promote an inclusive atmosphere for all college athletes, coaches, administrators and fans.&nbsp;Current&nbsp;North Carolina&nbsp;state laws&nbsp;make it challenging to guarantee&nbsp;that host communities&nbsp;can&nbsp;help deliver on that&nbsp;commitment if NCAA events remained in the state, the board said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Fairness is about more than the opportunity to participate in college sports, or even compete for championships,&rdquo; said Mark Emmert, NCAA president. &ldquo;We believe in providing a safe and respectful environment at our events and are committed to providing the best experience possible for college athletes, fans and everyone taking part in our championships.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The board stressed that the&nbsp;dynamic in North Carolina is&nbsp;different&nbsp;from that of other states because of at least four specific factors:<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&nbsp;laws&nbsp;invalidate&nbsp;any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a purpose to prevent discrimination against <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbian<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>, <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">bisexual<\/a> or transgender individuals.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina has the only statewide law that makes it unlawful to use a restroom different from the gender on one&rsquo;s birth certificate, regardless of gender identity.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&nbsp;law provides legal protections for&nbsp;government officials&nbsp;to&nbsp;refuse&nbsp;services to the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>Five states&nbsp;plus numerous cities&nbsp;prohibit&nbsp;travel&nbsp;to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff.&nbsp;These states are New York, Minnesota, Washington, Vermont and Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As representatives of all three divisions, the Board of Governors must advance college sports through policies that resolve core issues affecting student-athletes and administrators,&rdquo; said G.P. &ldquo;Bud&rdquo; Peterson, Board of Governors chair and Georgia Institute of Technology president. &ldquo;This decision is consistent with the NCAA&rsquo;s long-standing core values of&nbsp;inclusion, student-athlete well-being and creating a culture of fairness.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NCAA\">@NCAA<\/a> is right to pull tournament games from North Carolina because of the anti-LGBT HB2 law. Discrimination has no place in America. -H<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HillaryClinton\/status\/775683074747199488\">September 13, 2016<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>RELATED:&nbsp;<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towleroad.com\/2016\/08\/pat-mccrory-calls-nba-decision-pull-star-game-politically-correct-hypocrisy-gone-mad\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Pat McCrory Calls NBA Decision to Pull All-Star Game &lsquo;Politically-Correct Hypocrisy Gone Mad&rsquo;<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The seven games to be moved are:<\/p>\n<p>2016 Division I Women&rsquo;s Soccer Championship, College Cup (Cary), Dec. 2 and 4.<br \/>\n2016 Division III Men&rsquo;s and Women&rsquo;s Soccer Championships (Greensboro), Dec. 2 and 3.<br \/>\n2017 Division I Men&rsquo;s Basketball Championship, first\/second rounds (Greensboro), March 17 and 19.<br \/>\n2017 Division I Women&rsquo;s Golf Championships, regional (Greenville), May 8-10.<br \/>\n2017 Division III Men&rsquo;s and Women&rsquo;s Tennis Championships (Cary), May 22-27.<br \/>\n2017 Division I Women&rsquo;s Lacrosse Championship (Cary), May 26 and 28.<br \/>\n2017 Division II Baseball Championship (Cary), May 27-June 3.<\/p>\n<p>The organization added:<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>&ldquo;The NCAA Constitution clearly states our values of inclusion and gender equity, along with the membership&rsquo;s expectation that we as the Board of Governors protect those values for all,&rdquo; said Susquehanna University President Jay Lemons, vice chair of the Board of Governors and chair of the ad hoc committee on diversity and inclusion. &ldquo;Our membership comprises many different types of schools &ndash; public, private, secular, faith-based &ndash; and we believe this action appropriately reflects the collective will of that diverse group.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Historically, the Association has taken steps to ensure&nbsp;its&nbsp;championship environment is consistent with its values. The NCAA&nbsp;bans&nbsp;championships in states&nbsp;where&nbsp;governments display the Confederate battle flag or authorize sports wagering and at schools that&nbsp;use&nbsp;hostile and abusive&nbsp;Native American imagery.<\/p>\n<p>The only championship events that can be hosted in North Carolina this academic year are those that are decided when student-athletes earn the opportunity to play a championship on their own campus. The Board of Governors said this decision to allow these championships &ndash; called nonpredetermined sites &ndash; to be played in North Carolina is consistent with the NCAA&rsquo;s commitment to student-athletes.<\/p>\n<p>Based on an April&nbsp;directive from the&nbsp;Board of Governors,&nbsp;which represents all three divisions,&nbsp;cities interested in hosting future NCAA championships completed a questionnaire&nbsp;this summer that required sites to provide information about any local anti-discrimination laws; provisions for refusal&nbsp;of services; and other facility-specific information.<\/p>\n<p>A group of representatives from NCAA schools will&nbsp;continue to&nbsp;evaluate these responses to determine which locations can host future championships. 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