Update (Monday 9:37 p.m.): Kami Mueller, a spokesperson for the North Carolina Republican Party, responded to the NCAA's decision on behalf of her party.
"This is so absurd it's almost comical," she said in a statement. "I genuinely look forward to the NCAA merging all men's and women's teams together as singular, unified, unisex teams. Under the NCAA's logic, colleges should make cheerleaders and football players share bathrooms, showers and hotel rooms. This decision is an assault on female athletes across the nation. If you are unwilling to have women's bathrooms and locker rooms, how do you have a women's team? I wish the NCAA was this concerned about the women who were raped at Baylor. Perhaps the NCAA should stop with their political peacocking — and instead focus their energies in making sure our nation's collegiate athletes are safe, both on and off the field."
The NCAA has relocated all 2016-17 championship events from North Carolina because of civil rights concerns relating to HB2.
Seven events will be moved from the state, including the first and second rounds of the Division I men's basketball tournament.
The other six events are the Division I women's soccer championship, the Division III men's and women's soccer championships, the Division I women's golf regional tournament, the Division III men's and women's tennis championships, the Division I women's lacrosse championship and the Division II baseball championship.
All the events were in Cary, Greensboro or Greenville.
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— NCAA (@NCAA) September 12, 2016