NCAA officials have admitted they dropped the ball on women’s basketball issues and offered an apology on Friday, but South Carolina coach Dawn Staley did not appear satisfied.
The NCAA has come under fire over the weight room aberrations, food choices and weak bags when it comes to the men’s and women’s tournaments. The men’s tournament is held in places around Indianapolis and the women’s tournament is held in places in San Antonio.
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Oregon forward Sedona Prince highlighted the issues in a TikTok video Thursday night after the NCAA issued a statement saying they would correct the problem, but acknowledged spatial issues in the various tournament bubbles. Staley was one of the loudest voices to voice their disapproval of the way the players are allegedly treated in the women’s tournament.
“What we now know is the NCAA’s seasonal messages about ‘being together’ and ‘equality’ about comfort and a sense of sound for the moment created after the murder of George Floyd,” Staley wrote in a lengthy statement. ‘We can not allow this as leaders of young women [NCAA President] Mark Emmert and his team to use us and our student athletes at ease. All teams here deal with the same issues as the men’s teams this season, but their ‘reward’ is different. ‘
NCAA’s senior vice president of basketball, Gavitt, has vowed to do better.
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“I apologize to the female student-athletes, coaches and committee for dropping the ball over the weight room in San Antonio. We will rectify this as soon as possible,” he said.
To resolve the complaints about weight rooms, the organization changed the space in the conference center into a larger exercise center to be completed on Saturday.
“We have fallen short this year of what we have been preparing for 64 teams for the past 60 days to be in San Antonio. We recognize that,” Lynn Holzman, a senior vice president of women’s basketball, NCAA said Friday. “Last night we called our coaches and team administrators to ask for feedback and their experience so far.”
She added: “Yesterday was the first day that our teams had the opportunity to exercise. Part of the call was to get feedback on possible solutions to address some of these issues, including the weight room.”
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The NCAA has promised better cooperation between the two tournaments. According to Gavitt, he feels ‘terrible’ about the shortages.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.