The National College Athletics Association (NCAA) is mulling over the possibility of relocating their head office away from Indianapolis as a result of the new law that allows for open discrimination of homosexuals.

NCAA President Mark Emmert said last Tuesday that he has considered the option of moving the organization's headquarters away from Indianapolis.

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He also said that they will be taking a much closer look at laws that give opportunity to openly discriminate before he opens the bid for future locations that could hold the championship games of the NCAA.

During a news conference before the Final Four, Emmert commented that the new and controversial law from Indianapolis is a much bigger issue than basketball.

The law was passed by Governor Mike Pence last week and is called the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. It was signed silently in his own office surrounded by supporters of the law.

The function of this act is to allow businesses to openly refuse service to individuals on the basis of their sexual orientation.

Religion plays a large part in the law, as it is the beliefs inherent to each system that allows for business owners to turn away homosexuals.

It drew attention from civil rights groups as well as local businesses and organizations.

With pressure mounting up all around, Pence was forced to sign a revised version of the law, forbidding the discrimination against individuals based on sexual orientation.

The board members of the NCAA said that the organization will look deeper and harder at the swirling social issues before they make a move.

"I would say two weeks ago this would not have been on the Board of Governors' agenda at all to look at," NCAA board chairman Kirk Schulz said.

"Obviously because of what's happened here, and regardless of what occurs eventually over in the statehouse, this is going to be on our April agenda.

TagsMark emmert, Relocation, Mike Pence, Indianapolis