Gov. McCrory: NCAA Disrespected North Carolina

Gov. Pat McCrory says the NCAA failed to show North Carolina respect when it moved championships and tournament games out of the state because of a law that governs which bathrooms transgender people must use.

McCrory responded Tuesday to the NCAA's decision. The Monday action was related to House Bill 2, which McCrory signed into law.

The law in part says people must use school and government bathrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. Several groups have challenged that in federal court. Meanwhile, other states are fighting an Obama administration directive for transgender people to use school bathrooms aligned with their gender identity.

McCrory says institutions should let such litigation take its course without threats of "economic threats or political retaliation." He says the NCAA failed to do that at the expense of North Carolina "student athletes and hard-working men and women."