Inside Higher Ed, DC, USA
NCAA Championship Hosts Must Complete Bias Survey
July 25, 2016
The National Collegiate Athletic Association announced Friday that it is asking any future hosts of NCAA championships
to complete a survey
about discrimination. The questionnaire asks host sites if their
cities, counties and states have "passed antidiscrimination laws that
are applicable to all persons" and if they have laws that "regulate
choice of bathrooms or locker rooms."
In April, the NCAA Board of Governors adopted a new rule requiring host sites 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 board adopted the change after the state of North Carolina enacted a law banning people from using public bathrooms that did not match their biological gender. The law is widely seen as discriminating against transgender people.
Last year, the National Collegiate Athletic Association also
condemned a controversial Indiana law
that gave businesses the right to refuse service to lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgender people. The association, which is headquartered
in Indianapolis, then joined a coalition of Indiana businesses aiming
to add LGBT civil rights protections to state law.
At the same time -- as a growing number of religious NCAA institutions
request and receive waivers allowing them to discriminate against LGBT
athletes -- gay rights groups have criticized the NCAA
for not taking a similarly hard line with its own members.
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