NCAA president says association won't push ACC on NC law

Associated Press

NCAA President Mark Emmert says it's up to the Atlantic Coast Conference and its members whether to follow the association's lead and pull events out of North Carolina because of a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people.

In an interview today with The Associated Press, Emmert said the association expects to take a financial hit for moving seven championship events and tournament games out of the state on short notice, but how much is unknown.

New locations have yet to be identified, he said, but Emmert said his staff is working aggressively to find sites for some events scheduled for as soon as December. The biggest of the events that will be relocated is first-round men's basketball tournament games scheduled for Greensboro in March.

The ACC is also on the clock to make its decision about its football championship game, set to be played in Charlotte on Dec. 3.

The ACC's council of presidents was set to hold a previously scheduled meeting starting tonight in Clemson, S.C., with the law expected to be discussed Wednesday.