In the wake of the NCAA pulling its championship games from North Carolina following the state’s HB2 law, the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) has followed suit to remove all 2016/17 championship events out of the state.
The ACC put forth, “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.”
Last month the NBA pulled its marquee events from the state.
