Quick Read By Martin A. Davis Jr. Correspondent
Corliss Fingers, director of strength and conditioning at Bethune-Cookman University, has been breaking barriers throughout her roughly 25-year career. âWhen I started,â she says, âI was on an island by myself.â
While there has been growth in the number of female strength coaches in collegiate athletics, progress has been slow. In 2012, some 14% of college strength coaches were women. In 2020, itâs still 14%. Between those years, the percentage was never higher than 15.
Why We Wrote This
As female strength coaches command more respect and â slowly â better positions, theyâre raising their voices on behalf of womenâs collegiate athletics, an important step on the path toward parity with menâs teams.
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NCAA championships always have the same losers: its unpaid athletes
The NCAA depends on the free labor of mostly Black student athletes. Its profits go to the majority white executives who run it.
After the final buzzers and trophy ceremonies, the unpaid athletes of the NCAA will go home.Sarah Stier / Getty Images
April 5, 2021, 9:31 AM UTC
On Sunday, a champion was crowned as Stanford outlasted Arizona for the women s NCAA Division I basketball national championship. Monday night it s the men s turn, when the undefeated Gonzaga Bulldogs take on Baylor.
The NCAA s setup is manifestly unjust.
After the final buzzers and after the trophy ceremonies, the unpaid athletes will go home for remote classes, and the NCAA will cash checks from its $8.8 billion television deal.
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