NCAA vows to improve women's tournament amenities after backlash
by Agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#5FJ4E)
- Weight room differences prompt backlash on social media
- NCAA acknowledges disrespectful' inequity between events
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. The women's field has 64 teams and the men's tournament 68.
In a Twitter post, Stanford sports performance coach for women's basketball Ali Kershner posted a photo of a single stack of weights next to a training table with sanitized yoga mats, comparing it to pictures of massive facilities for the men with stacks of free weights, dumbbells and squat racks.
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