Report: N.C.A.A. Prioritized Men’s Basketball ‘Over Everything Else’
The governing body of college sports ordered an investigation in response to outrage over disparities between its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments. The N.C.A.A.’s financial dependence on its Division I men’s basketball tournament has long fueled gender inequity in college sports, investigators said in a report on Tuesday, when they challenged the association to overhaul its approach to two of the most celebrated events in American athletics.
By Alan Blinder
The governing body of college sports ordered an investigation in response to outrage over disparities between its men’s and women’s basketball tournaments.
The N.C.A.A.’s financial dependence on its Division I men’s basketball tournament has long fueled gender inequity in college sports, investigators said in a report on Tuesday, when they challenged the association to overhaul its approach to two of the most celebrated events in American athletics.