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ACC following NCAA lead, relocating athletic championships from North Carolina

In this Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs the ball as North Carolina's M.J. Stewart (6) moves in for the tackle during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C. NCAA President Mark Emmert says whether the Atlantic Coast Conference decides 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 is up to the league and its members. The ACC championship football game is schedule to be held in Charlotte on Dec. 3.
In this Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs the ball as North Carolina's M.J. Stewart (6) moves in for the tackle during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C. NCAA President Mark Emmert says whether the Atlantic Coast Conference decides 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 is up to the league and its members. The ACC championship football game is schedule to be held in Charlotte on Dec. 3. In this Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, file photo, Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson (4) runs the ball as North Carolina's M.J. Stewart (6) moves in for the tackle during the first half of the Atlantic Coast Conference championship NCAA college football game in Charlotte, N.C. NCAA President Mark Emmert says whether the Atlantic Coast Conference decides 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 is up to the league and its members. The ACC championship football game is schedule to be held in Charlotte on Dec. 3.

By Associated Press 3 min read

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Atlantic Coast Conference has followed the NCAA’s lead and is removing all its athletic championships from North Carolina over a state law that some say can lead to discrimination against LGBT people.

The ACC Council of Presidents voted Wednesday to relocate the league’s championships until North Carolina repeals the law. The decision includes 10 neutral site championships this academic school year, which means relocating the ACC football title game that was scheduled to be played in Charlotte in December.

No announcement was made on where the championship events will be held.

“The decision to move the neutral site championships out of North Carolina while HB2 remains the law was not an easy one,” said Clemson President James P. Clements, chairman of the league’s council. “But it is consistent with the shared values of inclusion and non-discrimination at all our institutions.”

On Monday, the NCAA said it was relocating seven of its championships scheduled to be played in the state, including the men’s basketball first- and second-round matchups scheduled for next March in Greensboro, North Carolina.