to host sporting events.

Similar to that announcement, the ACC says it will require commitments from current championship sites “to provide safe and inclusive environments.”

“The membership strongly supports the league continuing to engage at the highest levels regarding the effects of this law on its constituents as it evaluates current and future events and championships within the state of North Carolina,” the statement says.

The ACC has deep roots in North Carolina. The league has held 51 of 63 men’s basketball tournaments in the state and returns in 2019 after a two-year stay in Brooklyn, New York. The league has long held its women’s basketball tournament in Greensboro, while the last six football championship games have been in Charlotte.

The law also has led to a public and business backlash. TheNBA could move the 2017 All-Star game out of Charlotte. Performers from Bruce Springsteen to Pearl Jam have canceled shows out of protest, and Paypal called off plans to create an operations center in Charlotte that would have employed 400 people.

Last week, the U.S. Justice Department warned the law violates civil rights protections against sex discrimination on the job and in education for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Faced with a Monday deadline to report whether he would refuse to enforce the law, Gov. Pat McCrory instead filed a lawsuit seeking to keep the law in place. The Justice Department responded by suing North Carolina hours later.