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<blockquote data-quote="85Escape" data-source="post: 791577" data-attributes="member: 3560"><p>I don't know this for sure, but I'm willing to place a beer bet that the 'decision' to set up the women's bubble wasn't made by some dude, but by a committee that included a reasonable number of women. I'm guessing in hind-sight there will be a few people who say "I tried to tell them they should put in a better weight room, but I was oppressed!" But the truth is likely that the women's tournament committee is composed of more junior NCAA project managers who were working with a limited budget. They likely didn't prioritize the weight room and decals in order to spend elsewhere where they thought it was more important. It's a good lesson on the value of perception over reality (in terms of where to spend your budget.)</p><p></p><p>As to the question: "Should the NCAA spend exactly the same amount of money for both the men's and women's basketball tournaments?" On the one hand you could argue that it should all be 100% equal with no acknowledgement of the differences in the scale (ticket draw, advertising, media interest, etc.) On the other hand you could easily construct an argument that it should be 100% proportional to the revenue generation, which would <em>not</em> be reasonable since it means the women's tourney would get even less budget than they currently get.</p><p></p><p>I can see both sides of the argument, but I land on the 'reasonable explanation' side. Once you say that both tourneys must be treated 100% equally, you'll have to ask why basketball gets more money from the NCAA than, say, Lacrosse. In the end most people would agree that the NCAA shouldn't spend 100% equal amounts for both basketball and lacrosse tourneys because they <em>are</em> different. So where do you get to make that distinction and where not? Only when gender and race can be used as a baiting argument? Be careful there, as the black-dominated basketball NCAA sport gets a <em>heck</em> of a lot more money than the almost Lilly-white lacrosse tourney!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="85Escape, post: 791577, member: 3560"] I don't know this for sure, but I'm willing to place a beer bet that the 'decision' to set up the women's bubble wasn't made by some dude, but by a committee that included a reasonable number of women. I'm guessing in hind-sight there will be a few people who say "I tried to tell them they should put in a better weight room, but I was oppressed!" But the truth is likely that the women's tournament committee is composed of more junior NCAA project managers who were working with a limited budget. They likely didn't prioritize the weight room and decals in order to spend elsewhere where they thought it was more important. It's a good lesson on the value of perception over reality (in terms of where to spend your budget.) As to the question: "Should the NCAA spend exactly the same amount of money for both the men's and women's basketball tournaments?" On the one hand you could argue that it should all be 100% equal with no acknowledgement of the differences in the scale (ticket draw, advertising, media interest, etc.) On the other hand you could easily construct an argument that it should be 100% proportional to the revenue generation, which would [I]not[/I] be reasonable since it means the women's tourney would get even less budget than they currently get. I can see both sides of the argument, but I land on the 'reasonable explanation' side. Once you say that both tourneys must be treated 100% equally, you'll have to ask why basketball gets more money from the NCAA than, say, Lacrosse. In the end most people would agree that the NCAA shouldn't spend 100% equal amounts for both basketball and lacrosse tourneys because they [I]are[/I] different. So where do you get to make that distinction and where not? Only when gender and race can be used as a baiting argument? Be careful there, as the black-dominated basketball NCAA sport gets a [I]heck[/I] of a lot more money than the almost Lilly-white lacrosse tourney! [/QUOTE]
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