NCAA president Mark Emmert admits inequality but wants women’s basketball leaders to push progress
NCAA president Mark Emmert on Wednesday continued to apologize for the inequities between the men's and women's basketball tournaments that were exposed earlier this month, conceding, "we let them down," but he added that the women's basketball community has to determine specific improvements it wants to "pick up and run with" as the sport moves forward.
Heather Dinich | ESPN Senior Writer
NCAA president Mark Emmert on Wednesday continued to apologize for the inequities between the men’s and women’s basketball tournaments that were exposed earlier this month, conceding, “we let them down,” but he added that the women’s basketball community has to determine specific improvements it wants to “pick up and run with” as the sport moves forward.
A recent point of debate has been branding differences, as the March Madness slogan isn’t used in conjunction with the women’s tournament and the Final Fours are differentiated by the use of “Women’s” preceding the Final Four logo.
While Emmert said he is committed to “making sure that we use the marks of the NCAA as effectively as we can in promoting women’s basketball,” he added that “those are debates for marketing people and those who want to promote the game.”