Posted on 09/14/2016 4:36:16 PM PDT by buckalfa
SPARTANBURG, SC (WSPA) – The Atlantic Coast Conderence (ACC) has announced they will be moving championship games out of North Carolina, because of House Bill 2.
All 15 university will continue to host ACC Championships at campus sites.
Clemson University President James Clements says, “The decision to move the neutral site championships out of North Carolina while HB 2 remains the law was not an easy one but it is consistent with the shared values of inclusion and non-discrimination at all of our institutions.”
They say the locations will be announced in the future.
The NCAA said on Monday that it would move several sports championships out of North Carolina – four of which are planned in Wake County — for the upcoming season.
The college sports body said in a press release that the decision came “because of the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections.”
Below is a statement from the ACC Council of Presidents:
“As members of the Atlantic Coast Conference, the ACC Council of Presidents reaffirmed our collective commitment to uphold the values of equality, diversity, inclusion and non-discrimination. Every one of our 15 universities is strongly committed to these values and therefore, we will continue to host ACC Championships at campus sites. We believe North Carolina House Bill 2 is inconsistent with these values, and as a result, we will relocate all neutral site championships for the 2016-17 academic year. All locations will be announced in the future from the conference office.”
Statement from Clemson University President James P. Clements, chair of the ACC Council of Presidents:
“The ACC presidents engaged in a constructive, wide-ranging and vigorous discussion of this complex issue over the past two days. The decision to move the neutral site championships out of North Carolina while HB 2 remains the law was not an easy one but it is consistent with the shared values of inclusion and non-discrimination at all of our institutions.”
Statement from ACC Commissioner John Swofford:
“The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount. Today’s decision is one of principle, and while this decision is the right one, we recognize there will be individuals and communities that are supportive of our values as well as our championship sites that will be negatively affected. Hopefully, there will be opportunities beyond 2016-17 for North Carolina neutral sites to be awarded championships.”
Neutral site championships (in date order): Women’s Soccer Football Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving Women’s Basketball Men’s and Women’s Tennis Women’s Golf Men’s Golf Baseball
Fixed it.
SEC might be looking good now...
Yes they are. Hang tough against the sexual perverts.
Notre Dame may be regretting its association with the ACC.
NC needs to look at passing a law that adds a surcharge to all NCAA ticket events - hit them where it hurts
Hang in there, Pat.
As for those multi-letter gang organizations...don’t let the border hit you in the bumbleshoot.
Does this madness ever end??? Ever???
So now college sports are compelled to bend over backwards to prove they are liberal?? They now feel he need to weigh in on contentious social/political issues, and make sure they are on the liberal side of whatever the issue is??? And this supports the goals of sports and athletics how?????
As a UNC grad I think the major donors at UNC, NCSU, Duke and Wake Forest should call their AD’s and tell them its time to form a new conference. That is how the ACC was created. Shove it right back at them. Losing those schools would break the ACC. Screw ‘em.
Works for me. What these North Carolina schools need to understand is that they have the upper hand and play it.
I would say to just boycott them, but you can’t take football away from Joe six pack...pathetic as they are.
Guess they think that a lot of their athletes are trannys who need to use a bathroom with their opposite sex.
Liberals are sure hell bent on seeing men get to hang out in women’s bathrooms.
Which don't extend to Christians and their beliefs.
Here is the complete letter from the NCAA
Colleagues,
The NCAA Board of Governors made a decision this evening in line with our commitment to fairness and inclusion. The Association will relocate all seven previously awarded championship events from North Carolina during the 2016-17 academic year. The board made this decision because of the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections.
Current North Carolina state laws make it challenging to guarantee host communities can help deliver on our commitment if our events remained in the state - a requirement the board recently established for hosting NCAA events. These laws enable discriminatory treatment while also preventing communities from effectively protecting student-athletes and fans attending NCAA championships. North Carolina is different from other states because of the combination of at least four factors:
North Carolina laws invalidate any local law that treats sexual orientation as a protected class or has a purpose to prevent discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.
North Carolina has the only statewide law that makes it unlawful to use a restroom different from the gender on one’s birth certificate, regardless of gender identity.
North Carolina law provides legal protections for government officials to refuse services to the LGBT community.
Five states plus numerous cities prohibit travel to North Carolina for public employees and representatives of public institutions, which could include student-athletes and campus athletics staff.
This decision will impact events in all three divisions:
2016 Division I Women’s Soccer Championship, College Cup (Cary), Dec. 2 and 4.
2016 Division III Men’s and Women’s Soccer Championships (Greensboro), Dec. 2 and 3.
2017 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship, first/second rounds (Greensboro), March 17 and 19.
2017 Division I Women’s Golf Championships, regional (Greenville), May 8-10.
2017 Division III Men’s and Women’s Tennis Championships (Cary), May 22-27.
2017 Division I Women’s Lacrosse Championship (Cary), May 26 and 28.
2017 Division II Baseball Championship (Cary), May 27-June 3.
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’ decision to allow these championships - called nonpredetermined sites - to be played in North Carolina is consistent with the NCAA’s commitment to student-athletes.
This decision is consistent with the actions we have previously taken to promote our values. We also ban predetermined championships events in states whose governments display the Confederate battle flag or authorize sports wagering and at schools that use hostile and abusive Native American language or imagery. Now, to protect championships participants and fans from discrimination because they are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, we find it necessary to find other locations for our events. A group of representatives from NCAA schools will continue to evaluate bids to determine which locations can host future events. Future championships site decisions, typically announced in early December, will be delayed until next year.
Fairness means more than the opportunity to participate in college sports, or even championships. It means feeling safe and respected while participating in those opportunities. This decision impacts relationships, contracts and revenue for the NCAA, our members and our partners. But we could not reconcile moving forward with events in North Carolina with our commitment to creating the best student-athlete experience possible at our events.
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G.P. “Bud” Peterson
President, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chair, NCAA Board of Governors
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Mark Emmert
President, NCAA
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These people think like Nazi’s. A very dangerous group.
Was the Unc president against this move ?
good idea....tax the rascals
the solution is very simple.
Send all of our state representatives home and let the ACC write all of our legislation.
If we give one inch, we will be inviting every nutcase lib organization to do the same: Hold threats of a similar nature unless we do as they say.
Let them go. The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence because you are looking at it from a distance.
There are briars over there too.
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