College sport earns an average grade for racial and gender hiring, says the latest report card by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). “College sport…faced further challenges…as it experienced decreases in both gender and racial hiring,” wrote TIDES Director Richard Lapchick in the report’s executive summary released April 6. The combined score […]
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March Madness, the numbers behind the hoopla
Often drowned out by the March Madness basketball hoopla and the “bracketology” of who got in and who didn’t, is the “exploitative” nature of the NCAA, wrote Dave Zirin in his latest Edge of Sports column for The Nation. He duly noted how the men’s tournament that first expanded to 64 teams in 1985 now stands at […]
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College sports leadership like corporate America — mostly White
Those who run college sports are still “overwhelmingly” White and male. Such is the conclusion of the latest report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) on key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences. There remains a “consistent underrepresentation” of Blacks, other people of color and women. The […]