04-09-2021, 12:49 PM
I clicked through and read the articles. I don’t think it’s too much to ask for athletes to have access to locker rooms to change and...bathroom facilities. I mean, this is a NCAA Division I championship.
But, on stuff like television coverage: NCAA is sure choosing some bad hills to die on. You can’t grow a national audience for women’s sports if you don’t make any particular effort to promote them. And in this age where social media can quickly expose hypocrisy, these kinds of problems illustrate how much the NCAA is an insulated echo chamber that can’t even anticipate obvious car crash scenarios. I particularly liked hearing from one of the coaches who pointed out that instead of just showing a live feed without broadcasters, there were plenty of qualified commentators who would have worked the early games for free. I mean, this happening a week after the women’s tournament debacle?
But, on stuff like television coverage: NCAA is sure choosing some bad hills to die on. You can’t grow a national audience for women’s sports if you don’t make any particular effort to promote them. And in this age where social media can quickly expose hypocrisy, these kinds of problems illustrate how much the NCAA is an insulated echo chamber that can’t even anticipate obvious car crash scenarios. I particularly liked hearing from one of the coaches who pointed out that instead of just showing a live feed without broadcasters, there were plenty of qualified commentators who would have worked the early games for free. I mean, this happening a week after the women’s tournament debacle?