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Message: [QUOTE="azfan, post: 5277942, member: 7748"] The athletes, particularly the women, who labored and achieved excellence are and continue to be inspiring. Their preparation and participation are what continue to draw many of us to the sport(s) they play. It would be a mistake to romanticize the role played by the NCAA - the room and board and tuition support were provided by the individual colleges, in may cases in spite of the NCAA. The arcane and insane rules and regulations that the NCAA imposed across college athletics are remarkable, in may ways similar to the IRS - Remember it was Title 9 and most certainly NOT the NCAA that began the long journey to today. "The NCAA became concerned by what it perceived to be the potential weakening of its position as the dominant and controlling body of intercollegiate athletics. If Title IX was to apply to intercollegiate sports at all levels and women were to be elevated to a status equal to the men, its financial assets and political power were threatened. [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]The first approach of the NCAA, when faced with the threat of equality in intercollegiate athletics, was to attempt to limit Title IX’s application.[/COLOR][/B] The NCAA tried to offer its interpretation of Title IX (Acosta & Carpenter, 1985). It encouraged a narrow interpretation of the law, excluding athletic departments from the scope of Title IX. The NCAA argued that because athletic departments did not receive federal funds, [B][COLOR=rgb(184, 49, 47)]they should be excluded from compliance.[/COLOR][/B]" [URL="https://thesportjournal.org/article/a-history-of-women-in-sport-prior-to-title-ix/"]A History of Women in Sport Prior to Title IX[/URL] The current transitionary state of college athletics is certainly not nirvana, merely an improvement over the past. The long over due changes are disorienting and challenging, but the empowerment for the athletes who compete at the level of Uconn is long, long overdue. We all remember the history of women's sports before Title 9 and after. Of women sleeping on gym floors when on the road, Pat Summit's early experience in coaching is informative. So, we can agree to disagree - progress is often challenging to those accustomed to the past and to the myths constructed by those in power. In my mind, only the naive would consider the NCAA other than a malignant. While Slate is a media source that has issues or problems in reporting and editorial direction this article comes close to capturing the insidious nature of the NCAA 'Almost nobody likes the NCAA. Plenty of people like college sports, in the same way plenty of people like the NFL or the NBA. But very few like “the NCAA,” the governing body that oversees America’s college athletic contests. For many, that’s because when the NCAA isn’t working to prevent athletes from being paid, it’s working to make sure women’s sports are treated as something less than men’s sports. " [URL="https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/ncaa-sexism-march-madness-basketball-tournament-sedona-prince.html"]How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years[/URL] Slate goes on in the article above to point out "And the NCAA’s high-profile failures around the 2021 women’s tournament expose how much the bosses cared about that event compared to the men’s tournament. NCAA president Mark Emmert [URL='https://theathletic.com/2464564/2021/03/19/mark-emmert-on-inexcusable-disparities-between-mens-and-womens-ncaa-tournaments/']called the disparity[/URL] “inexcusable,” and of course he did. It is! But Emmert failed to admit that this tournament’s failures rhyme with how the NCAA treats women’s basketball every other day of the year. It goes beyond money." So, no nirvana today in women's sports, merely progress. [/QUOTE]

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