While the first round of the NCAA Tournament gets underway on Friday, the NCAA is once again facing major criticism. This time, it is about the major differences between the men’s tournament in Indiana and the women’s tournament in Texas.
On Thursday, Sedona Prince, who plays for the Oregon women’s basketball team, put a video on Twitter showing off the weight room women’s teams have to work with. It is one of the amenities that has been set up very differently to the men and the differences are drastic.
WNBA stars such as Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty, A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces, and NBA players such as Kyrie Irving took to social media to voice their outrage on the issue:
While the NCAA said on Friday morning that they would be looking to fix those issues with the facilities, that doesn’t stop the outrage they are getting:
On Friday’s edition of Keyshawn, J-Will, and Zubin, Jay Williams was with Alan Hahn and Williams continued to share his frustrations that he voiced on Twitter the day before and how angry he is at the unequal treatment the women get compared to the men.
“I don’t know why we have to go through this every time. I get that the NBA is a higher grossing entity than the WNBA, but still, it is about doing what’s right….It’s absurd, it’s embarrassing for the NCAA. I hate the way that the women’s game is treated.”
Williams shared with the audience about how he plays basketball with his daughter every day and that he wants her to get the same treatment as the men get. He also mentioned how insulted he gets when people talk about changes some of them want to see in the women’s game.
“There’s even conversations happening about how we should lower the rim in women’s basketball. Do you know how insulting that is? Are you kidding me? Lower the rim. They don’t want to see that product. I lose my mind on conversations like this. It is a complete slap to the face for women’s basketball.”
Good on Williams and Hahn for bringing their frustrations to the airwaves and bringing attention to the situation, such as having Val Ackerman, the commissioner of the Big East, on the program.
