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NCAA apologises to women’s basketball teams for weight room differences
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) basketball administrators have apologised to female basketball players and coaches in the wake of details about the differences between the men’s and women’s tournaments going viral on social media.
Key points:
- Several female highlighted the differences between the facilities for men and women at the March Madness tournament
- The NCAA has since apologised for “dropping the ball”
- South Carolina coach Dawn Staley said the NCAA’s message on equality was nothing more than a “soundbite”
Oregon’s Sedona Prince was one of several athletes who took to social media to highlight the differences between the facilities on offer for male and female athletes.
She showed a dumbell tree with 12 weights on it,…
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