Harry Howard Jr. | Sports Editor
North Carolina lawmakers repealed the state’s House Bill 2 after receiving a deadline from the NCAA. The NCAA had already pulled championship events from the states this year and if not for the repeal, NCAA Championships would not have returned to North Carolina until 2022.
“I’m glad they reconsidered,” ODU women’s basketball coach Karen Barefoot said.
Pulled events included the ACC Football Championship game and first and second-round games of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. An AP study found that the bill could have cost the state close to $4 billion over 12 years if events stayed away.