NCAA concerned with Indiana religious freedom law

The NCAA is expressing its concern with a new Indiana law that would allow businesses to refuse to serve gay and lesbian customers. 

The bill, grounded in religious freedom, was signed into law by Indiana Gov. Mike Pence on Thursday and could impact future NCAA championships regularly held in the state, according to CBSSports' Jon Solomon.  

NCAA president Mark Emmert released a statement after the bill was signed: 

The NCAA national office and our members are deeply committed to providing an inclusive environment for all our events. We are especially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student-athletes and employees.  We will work diligently to assure student-athletes competing in, and visitors attending, next week’s Men's Final Four in Indianapolis are not impacted negatively by this bill. Moving forward, we intend to closely examine the implications of this bill and how it might affect future events as well as our workforce.

Next week's Final Four in Indianapolis will still go on as planned.