america. the brackets are set. the teams are ready. and tonight, we sit down with a new man in charge thank you so much for coming in and talking with us. charlie baker just went from governor of massachusetts so help me god. to leading the ncaa and dealing with all its issues. you can t make progress on these things without acknowledging their issues and figuring out a way to actually solve and deal with them. here to break down the xs and os of those problems, two hall of fame coaches. i had an unbelievable group of players and coaches over these 47 years. newly-retired syracuse men s coach, jim boeheim, and former notre dame women s coach, mof fit mcgraw, along with a team of experts. this is cnn primetime:inside the madness.
ncaa applied recommended changes to the women s ncaa tournament to more closely mirror the men s side in order to generate same amount of support and enthusiasm. but some critics say there s still not enough. now, it s going to take some time for any potential changes to be made. right now, the ncaa and millions of fans, well, they re focus on march madness. schools from coast to coast have hopes of doing the texas two-step. the women s final four is being played in dallas this year while the men s final four is in houston. chris? coy, thank you. joining me now is charlie baker, who just took over as the new president of the ncaa after serving two terms as the republican governor of massachusetts. governor, welcome. thank you so much for coming in and talking with us. glad to be here. so, you have been in this new job as head of the ncaa for two whole weeks officially. actually a little less, but
tournament march madness. and it didn t cost to the ncaa ascent. so, what it takes? along that is when the things you saw with the debacle you talk about a few years ago, when the men s and women s tournament were held at the same place in completely different. the women s on the court branding was they would say when it tournaments. we were not allowed to say march madness for whatever reason us. i m not sure. but we ve never really been value the way, i m sure. i ve shown governor baker that infamous video that s taken of the 2021 tournament, showing the facilities for the men s versus the facilities for the women. governor bacon said since then and mark march madness is one example, there has been examples to move somewhat more to a level playing field. how big of disparity is there is still in between the men s game and the women s game. it s huge. and i think if you want to know how we were valid for the end double caa, the women s present reports the men s president for
well, i was heartened by listening to the new president, president baker. i thought he was good. i thought he sees that there s a monumental task ahead of him, but i think he s a guy who will try to find compromise and work at it rather than ignoring the problem, which is basically what we ve done for a while now. so, what do you see as the problem? on the one hand you had coach k, we just hear in the prior interview, say that college players basically have been used for years while a lot of other people make a lot of money. so how do you balance that concern with the concern that when you have players able to transfer at will to get paid in their new situations, that it could really change the competitive balance of the game? well, i think the nil was a great idea. both my sons benefitted from it here at syracuse.
As March Madness nears tipoff, CNN brings together NCAA President Charlie Baker, as well as players, coaches and experts, to dive into this annual event that.