Skip navigation
Favorites
Sign up to follow your favorites on all your devices.
Sign up

NCAA to survey tournament hosts in wake of North Carolina law

printable NCAA Tournament bracket

JACKSONVILLE, FL - MARCH 19: Mississippi Rebels and Xavier Musketeers players run by the logo at mid-court during the second round of the 2015 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament at Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena on March 19, 2015 in Jacksonville, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)

Getty Images

In the wake of the NBA announcing that they have decided to pull the All-Star game out of North Carolina due to HB2, a controversial state law that was passed that prevents transgender people from using the bathroom corresponding with the gender which they identify, the NCAA has moved a step closer to doing the same.

On Friday, the association announced that they have sent out a questionnaire to the cities that are planning to bid, and have already received bids, to host NCAA championship sites. That questionnaire follows an announcement in April that “sites hosting or bidding on NCAA events in all divisions” are required to “demonstrate how they will provide an environment that is safe, healthy and free of discrimination and also safeguards the dignity of everyone involved in the event.”

The questionnaire is due back by August 12th for sites that plan on making a bid to host an NCAA championship event in 2018-19 and beyond. The sites of championship events in 2016-17 and 2017-18 have already been awarded. The deadline for those cities to return their questionnaire is to be determined.

A copy of the questionnaire can be found here. It includes the following questions:


  • Has your city, county/parish, and/or state passed anti-discrimination laws that are applicable to all persons?
  • Does your city, county/parish and/or state regulate choice of bathrooms or locker rooms that may affect student-athletes, coaches, administrators, or game officials during the Event?
  • Does your city, county-parish and/or state regulate choice of bathrooms that may affect fans attending the Event?

The NCAA also provided the relevant host cities a chance to explain, in an open-ended question, how they will provide a way for all fans to attend the games without being discriminated against.

The state of North Carolina is slated to host a number of NCAA championship events across all levels, but the most relevant fact here is that, Greensboro, in 2017, and Charlotte, in 2018, are slated to host games during the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. Traditionally, the state always has a first weekend site because of the proximity of large fan bases that will be able to sell out the arenas.

Earlier this week, Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski called North Carolina’s HB2 law “embarrassing”.