The study shows that the vast majority of the most powerful people in college sports are still white.
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Women come from a culture where society has told them all these years that at whatever level you have to be better, you have to work harder, you have to outperform everyone else in order to break through all the gender barriers. In a basketball male culture, it's almost not cool to study. I think it's taken a lot of programs the NCAA has implemented to let those players and their coaches know, 'We've got to perform or we're going to lose scholarship.Richard Lapchick
The emphasis on Division I athletics director experience automatically puts minorities at a disadvantage. As a result, it is unclear whether the best possible candidates are being considered for top jobs. And we end up with people making decisions who don't reflect the athletes on the playing field or courts.
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I would make the analogy that if my son or daughter had legal problems, I would try to get the best representation possible, and that's the way universities view these firms.
Richard Lapchick
I am rarely surprised on issues of race and gender that the movement is so slow to get more people of color and women in those top positions.
Richard Lapchick
I can tell you I go on a lot of college campuses and I see a lot of very handsome-looking cars driven by a whole lot of athletes. I must admit it makes me wonder how are these guys driving these beautiful cars, and I don't know the answer to it.
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It's not good that they don't have any minorities in the final pool because our research shows there are a lot of qualified minorities out there and available for these types of jobs, but it's slightly less bothersome because New Mexico has had such a good record when it comes to minority administrators.
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