(Reuters) - The governing board overseeing U.S. college athletics said on Monday it will move seven championship sporting events out of North Carolina to protest state laws deemed discriminatory to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender individuals.
The decision by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to relocate the events, including the first two rounds of the "March Madness" men's basketball playoffs, comes two months after the NBA announced the removal of its 2017 pro All-Star Game from North Carolina for the same reasons.
The National Basketball Association said in August that the All-Star game would be played in New Orleans instead.