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NCAA hires law firm to conduct gender equity review of men’s and women’s basketball tournaments

by admin | Mar 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The NCAA has hired a civil rights law firm to conduct a gender-equity review for its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments less than a week after the organization was widely criticized for disparities between the two tournaments. Read More

As complaints of gender inequity mount, NCAA President Mark Emmert agrees to a review

by admin | Mar 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Amid mounting pressure from players, coaches and administrators over differences between the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments, NCAA President Mark Emmert on Tuesday wrote that he would be calling for “an independent review” of the processes that led to the...

Trevor Noah Offers Wacky Solution For NCAA Tournament Sexism

by admin | Mar 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Trevor Noah on Monday took the NCAA to task for its gender bias during March Madness. (Watch the clip below.) After addressing the men’s basketball tournament’s far more elaborate weight room and other disparities, the “Daily Show” host cracked wise on another...

Where Were the Cries of “Protect Women’s Sports!” When the NCAA Gave Women a Pathetic Weight Room?

by admin | Mar 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Last week, a U.S. Senate Committee held its first hearing on the Equality Act, a bill that would provide LGBTQ+ Americans with broad discrimination protections. Throughout the hearing Republican senators used their time to broadcast a supposed deep support...

NCAA Withheld Use of Powerful ‘March Madness’ Brand From Women’s Basketball

by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The National Collegiate Athletic Association has built its trademarked “March Madness” phrase into one of the most powerful brands in sports. It’s plastered on the courts, arenas and broadcasts for the lucrative NCAA men’s basketball tournament—and absent from the...

NCAA’s message to women’s basketball players: You’re worth less

by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW

I’m tired. Not from today or from yesterday but from 40 years of it. Forty years tired of writing the same damn story about the same NCAA shortchangers in suits who would begrudge women’s athletes so much as an equal amount of air in a tire if they thought it might...

NCAA is called out over the poor amenities for women players vs the men at tournament sites

by admin | Mar 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The NCAA has come under fire over the lack of amenities, notably the workout equipment, at the women’s basketball tournament compared with the men’s event this year.Both tournaments get underway this week, with the women’s tournament taking place...

Strategies for Your N.C.A.A. Women’s Tournament Bracket

by admin | Mar 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Picking teams in the N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament might be a new twist on a familiar tradition for some fans who only tune in when March arrives. Know this: It’s not as simple as picking UConn to go all the way. Women’s basketball brackets are a little...

N.C.A.A. Women’s Basketball: What You Need to Know

by admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW

A possible showdown between Baylor and UConn. A spotlight on Maryland’s sophomore stars. A little bit of chaos among the bubble teams. Read More