'Political retaliation': North Carolina governor fires back over NCAA decision to pull out of the state
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The NCAA's decision, announced Monday, came in response to HB2, the state's " bathroom law " that prevents local governments from passing nondiscrimination ordinances for LGBT people, and bars transgender people from using the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity.
"The issue of redefining gender and basic norms of privacy will be resolved in the near future in the United States for not only North Carolina, but the entire nation," the Republican governor said in the statement. "I strongly encourage all public and private institutions to both respect and allow our nation's judicial system to proceed without economic threats or political retaliation toward the 22 states that are currently challenging government overreach."
"Sadly, the NCAA, a multi-billion dollar, tax-exempt monopoly, failed to show this respect at the expense of our student athletes and hard-working men and women," he added.
NCAA President Mark Emmert said earlier on Tuesday that it was a "no-brainer" to move the sporting events, a decision the group's board of governors attributed to "the cumulative actions taken by the state concerning civil rights protections."
The NCAA is the second major sports association to pull events from the Tar Heel State this year.
In July, the NBA announced it would move the 2017 NBA All-Star Game because of the Republican-backed law, saying it conflicted with the league's values of "diversity, inclusion, fairness and respect."
Read McCrory's statement below:
Pat McCrory finally weighs in on NCAA decision on #HB2, calls it a "tax-exempt monopoly" #ncpol pic.twitter.com/SsDzO9UX5z
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