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Unequal treatment for college women's basketball players has deep historical roots

  • Written by Lindsey Darvin, Assistant Professor of Sport Management, State University of New York College at Cortland
Unequal treatment for college women's basketball players has deep historical rootsFight for equity in women's college sports has been a decadeslong battle.Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images

When college women basketball players began to post photos and videos of how they got less food, less accurate COVID-19 testing and less exercise equipment in the NCAA March Madness Tournament bubbles than their male counterparts, a sense of...

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