ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The NCAA is “ludicrous and hypocritical” for moving five championship games out of New Jersey next year because the state plans to offer legalized sports betting, a spokesman for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said.

“The NCAA wants to penalize New Jersey for legalizing what occurs illegally every day in every state, and often with the participation of organized crime,” the spokesman, Michael Drewniak, told The Associated Press. “But the NCAA looks the other way for that?”