article_snippet: The National Collegiate Athletics Association is worried about holding the Final Four – one of the nation's biggest college sporting events – in Indianapolis, after Indiana's governor signed a 'religious freedom' bill into law that gay rights activists say is a license to discriminate.
article_snippet: Mark Emmert, the president of the NCAA, said Thursday that the governing body for college sports is 'especially concerned about how this legislation could affect our student-athletes and employees.'
article_snippet: Future FInal Four appearances in Indianapolis could be in jeopardy because of a new religious-freedom law that Indiana gay rights activists saw is a license to discriminate .
article_snippet: 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,' Emmert said. '
article_snippet: An online push for the NCAA the NCAA to react to this bill began earlier this week, carrying the hashtag #Final4Fairness.
article_snippet: Former professional basketball player Jason Collins, the first openly gay athlete to play in the NBA, tweeted: '@GovPenceIN, is it going to be legal for someone to discriminate against me & others when we come to the #FinalFour?'
article_snippet: A pressure group called the LGBT Sports Coalition asked Thursday for the NCAA, the Big Ten, The NFL to pull USA Diving and USA Gymnastics events from Indianapolis over the next 16 months.
article_snippet: Look for gay-rights protests next week when the Final Four comes to Indiana's largest sports arena, Lucas Oil Stadium .
highlights_snippet: Look for gay rights protests at Lucas Oil Stadium as the men's college basketball tournament comes to Indianapolis, where the NCAA is based .
  