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In a perfect world, the ethnic background of your organization would reflect your geographical region.
ALL citizens would have equal access to higher education.
UCLA is often praised for being a Gymnastics team that celebrates diversity.
But Cal has an even more diverse student body.
Auburn and Clemson are two schools not very diverse. There could be multiple reason for that, of course.
This data from the most recent fiscal year disclosures made by schools to the U.S. Dept. of Education.
Iowa hires investigator to look into women’s gymnastics team culture.
Head coach Larissa Libby has been placed on paid administrative leave, not as a disciplinary measure but to protect the integrity of the review, the school said in a statement.
Perhaps USAG is sticking to the rules.
BUT if I’d had a petition to add a former Olympic Champion, I’d vote YES.
Scott Hodge in the Indianapolis Star:
Prior to the NCAA allowing NILs, the rap against March Madness (and college sports in general) was that the universities and organizing conferences were getting rich off lucrative TV contracts and corporate sponsorships. Meanwhile, the athletes — who are the show — weren’t paid and shared in none of the spoils.
To some degree, NILs have taken steam out of that argument. For example, USC guard Bronny James is said to have endorsement deals worth $5.9 million, and Iowa Hawkeye Caitlin Clark’s total deals are nearing $1 million. …
Unlike professional leagues like the NBA, which must pay income taxes on the revenues they earn from TV contracts, ticket sales, and licensing merchandise, universities and athletic conferences including the NCAA can pocket the same income tax-free because of their tax-exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. …
… college athletics earned upwards of $13.6 billion in total revenue in 2022 through various channels and entities, more than any professional sports league other than the NFL. …
NIL income has turned student athletes into paid athletes; the line between college sports leagues and professional sports leagues is thinning. If student athletes are taxed on their earnings, the NCAA and its brethren should be taxed on theirs.
Caitlin Clark pays income taxes on NIL. It’s time to tax the NCAA, too.
As some feared, NIL was the beginning of a slippery slope.
I could see College football leave the NCAA and become a minor professional league. Paying taxes.
That would be good for education. BAD for everything that is currently funded by College football.
Spencer has a good write-up of the 2024 Regional Championships draw — including which names they got wrong, mispronounced, and seeded host problems.
Michigan State had a terrific season, and a bad draw.
Denver might also be unhappy.
On the up side, all the play-in teams are ranked 29-36, so no one got demoted into an extra meet this year that they should have been able to avoid.
It all kicks off April 3rd.
Another excellent video from LSU.
On Super Tuesday, Taylor Swift encouraged her millions of fans to VOTE.
Girls and women are not yet treated equally in the USA. To continue to make progress towards equality, they need to participate in elections.
Months before the Olympics, French women’s artistic gymnastics coach, Dimitru Pop, was provisionally suspended amid an investigation into violence and abuse.
Paris 2024 : Dumitru Pop suspendu à la suite d’une enquête pour “violence et abus”
Sport is helping progress the world towards equal opportunity for all.
The world slowly progresses towards equality of the genders.
The Economist’s glass-ceiling index measuring the role and influence of women in the workforce just released.
Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Finland the best places for women to work.
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