Should NCAA Women's, Men's Final Fours Be Played At Same Site?
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Some Calling For Men's And Women's
Final Fours To Be Played Together |
The NCAA men's basketball tournament kicks off today, and if the NCAA "truly wanted to try to elevate the women's [basketball] game, all it has to do is put its two Final Fours together," according to Christine Brennan of USA TODAY. Univ. of Miami President Donna Shalala: "We've tried separate but equal, and it just doesn't raise the level of visibility. I'm thinking Friday-Sunday for the women and Saturday-Monday, as it is now, for the men. You'd have the whole press corps there to cover the men, so they could cover the women, too. ... We've tried the other, and you don't get the same level of visibility for the women as you do for the men. Let's try something new." ESPN's Jay Bilas: "I'd play them at the same time, have them in the same location at the same time." Brennan writes there is "interest" in the Division I women's basketball tournament, but the event still has the "look and feel of a second-class citizen, a major NCAA championship played in the huge shadow cast by another major NCAA championship." Univ. of Central Florida Institute for Diversity & Ethics in Sport Dir Richard Lapchick: "It is such a blatant dissing of women." USAToday.com saw the men's tournament bracket receive 50,541 page views on Monday, while the women's bracket on Tuesday received only 6,428 views. Univ. of North Carolina Sports Communication Program Dir John Sweeney: "There are still some editors and writers who do not give women the time and attention they are due. It is unfortunate, and I am hopeful that more and more of them are approaching retirement" (USA TODAY, 3/20).
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