OT: Big East commissioner Val Ackerman talks ideas to elevate women’s basketball to next level in light of NCAA’s gender inequities

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"... Ackerman, who studied many of these same issues for her 2013 white paper on women’s basketball, doesn’t want the NCAA to make incremental changes, but rather adopt a “strategic focus” and a “vision and a plan that leads to the betterment of women’s basketball and women’s sports.”

Big East commissioner Val Ackerman talks ideas to elevate women’s basketball to next level in light of NCAA’s gender inequities

The NCAA came under intense scrutiny last spring when disparities in athlete experiences at the men’s and women’s Final Fours went viral, a result of broader gender inequities in the NC…

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