Under Fire, The NCAA Apologizes And Unveils New Weight Room For Women's Tournament
3 years, 9 months ago

Under Fire, The NCAA Apologizes And Unveils New Weight Room For Women's Tournament

NPR  

Under Fire, The NCAA Apologizes And Unveils New Weight Room For Women's Tournament Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Gay/AP Eric Gay/AP Under fire for differences in amenities for its men's and women's basketball tournaments, the NCAA revealed an upgraded weight room Saturday for players participating in the women's college basketball tournament in San Antonio. The fact that "there's a huge disparity between men's and women's sports is hardly breaking news," said former longtime Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw. Addressing the other apparent disparities Friday, NCAA officials said that despite appearances, the swag bags were equal in value and that the food quality had been "addressed immediately" with the hotels in San Antonio housing the women's teams. As for the differences in testing, Emmert, the NCAA's president, said Friday that he had "complete confidence" in the different protocols, pointing to the organization's partnerships with local health organizations in Indianapolis and San Antonio.

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The women’s NCAA Tournament is having a big moment that has also been marred by missteps
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The women’s NCAA Tournament is having a big moment that has also been marred by missteps

Associated Press  

PORTLAND, Ore. — A huge disparity between the men’s and women’s weight rooms drew attention to the women’s NCAA Tournament for all the wrong reasons in 2021, starting a conversation about equity that has carried over into today. The players were ultimately moved closer to Spokane, but there were questions about logistics, like why both men’s and women’s games were …

Women's NCAA tournament slam dunks on the men this year
9 months, 1 week ago

Women's NCAA tournament slam dunks on the men this year

LA Times  

The brackets for the two 2024 NCAA basketball tournaments have been announced and already there is one shining moment. “It’s March Madness, you have two Southern California women’s teams hosting the first two rounds of the tournament, get on board, let’s sell out both arenas, let’s go, it’s pretty tremendous!” Women’s college basketball these days is indeed pretty tremendous, with …

NCAA Women’s Tournament TV rights could have different look
2 years, 8 months ago

NCAA Women’s Tournament TV rights could have different look

Associated Press  

In the weeks before the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, the big focus was on improving the experience for players, including expanding the “March Madness” branding to the event for the first time. “Whether that’s splitting up sports, whether that’s keeping some of it together, we’ll have to determine that, and we’ll have to work with outside experts, as we always …

Staley’s NCAA fix for inequities? Pay women’s teams like men
2 years, 9 months ago

Staley’s NCAA fix for inequities? Pay women’s teams like men

Associated Press  

— The phrase “March Madness” is everywhere this women’s NCAA Tournament. “Whether that’s 16 teams at one site in the first and second rounds, whatever the format, I just think our game is growing,” Graves said. “Our game is really, really strong right now.” The madness is 𝙉𝙊𝙏 over… We are 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 getting started!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/d8YIviGUou — NCAA March Madness March …

Lawmakers rip Emmert, demand more progress on NCAA equity
2 years, 9 months ago

Lawmakers rip Emmert, demand more progress on NCAA equity

Associated Press  

Three congressional lawmakers have sent a letter to NCAA President Mark Emmert accusing the organization of making “inadequate progress” in addressing “historically disparate” treatment of male and female athletes. Singling out the March Madness basketball tournaments, Democratic Reps. Carolyn Maloney of New York, Jackie Speier of California and Mikie Sherrill of New Jersey said the NCAA was “violating the spirit …

Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four
3 years, 4 months ago

Report drills NCAA on equity, calls for combined Final Four

Associated Press  

The NCAA has fallen short of upholding its commitment to gender equity by prioritizing its cash cow Division I men’s basketball tournament “over everything else,” according a scathing review released Tuesday after an uproar over how the association conducts its championship events. “With respect to women’s basketball, the NCAA has not lived up to its stated commitment to ‘diversity, inclusion …

Review finds women’s NCAA Tournament got less than men’s
3 years, 4 months ago

Review finds women’s NCAA Tournament got less than men’s

Associated Press  

From the first practice to the Final Four, the bells and whistles for the women’s NCAA Tournament this year lagged way behind those at the men’s tourney. At almost every step after that, the report found, the men’s tournament went full speed ahead for well-equipped weight rooms, spacious lounge areas at its hotels and tournament sites while those running the …

How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years
54 years, 11 months ago

How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years

Slate  

Almost nobody likes the NCAA. For many, that’s because when the NCAA isn’t working to prevent athletes from being paid, it’s working to make sure women’s sports are treated as something less than men’s sports. As March Madness began in earnest, photos and TikToks illustrating disparities between the NCAA’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments spread rapidly across social media, and …

NCAA apologizes to women’s teams for weight room inequities
3 years, 9 months ago

NCAA apologizes to women’s teams for weight room inequities

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — NCAA basketball administrators apologized to the women’s basketball players and coaches after inequities between the men’s and women’s tournament went viral on social media and vowed to do better. “I apologize to the women’s student-athletes, coaches and committee for dropping the ball on the weight room issue in San Antonio, we’ll get it fixed as soon as …

Weighty issue: Inequity raised in women’s, men’s tourneys
3 years, 9 months ago

Weighty issue: Inequity raised in women’s, men’s tourneys

Associated Press  

SAN ANTONIO — The teams had barely landed in Texas when complaints of inequity between the women’s and men’s tournaments roared over social media posts noting the women’s weight training facilities in San Antonio were severely lacking compared to what the men have in Indianapolis. “That NCAA bubble weight room situation is beyond disrespectful,” tweeted A’ja Wilson, who led South …

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar
3 years, 9 months ago

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar

NPR  

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar Enlarge this image toggle caption Kathy Willens/AP Kathy Willens/AP On Thursday, Stanford University sports performance coach Ali Kershner posted a photo comparing the weight room set-up for the NCAA women's and men's basketball tournaments. In support, WNBA player and last year's NCAA national player of the year Sabrina …

Jennings: NCAA inequity exposes the ‘reality’ for its female student-athletes
3 years, 9 months ago

Jennings: NCAA inequity exposes the ‘reality’ for its female student-athletes

New York Times  

Welcome to beautiful San Antonio, where the weight room is a weight stand and there aren’t enough yoga mats to go around for your entire team. On Friday morning, after images surfaced of inequities existing between the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournament bubbles, NCAA officials said they were working hard to address those issues. “When we were participating in the …

Oregon’s Sedona Prince highlights the gender inequality on display in NCAA weight rooms
3 years, 9 months ago

Oregon’s Sedona Prince highlights the gender inequality on display in NCAA weight rooms

LA Times  

As teams settled into their San Antonio bubble life for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament that begins Sunday, personnel found themselves shocked by the lack of a legitimate weight room for players — especially compared with the elaborate men’s tournament weight room setup in Indianapolis. Oregon’s Sedona Prince highlighted the gross discrepancies between the two weight rooms in a Tik …

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