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Topic subjectThe women's weight room at the NCAA tourney is worse than the Ramada
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13427892, The women's weight room at the NCAA tourney is worse than the Ramada
Posted by PimpTrickGangstaClik, Fri Mar-19-21 11:07 AM
Weight room at the men's tournament: Looks like the Colts strength facility.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwzfSfZXAAY0_Ok?format=jpg&name=medium

Weight room at the women's tournament: A handful of dumbbells and some yoga mats:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EwzfSTfXAAApqq4?format=jpg&name=large


https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2021/03/18/march-madness-ncaa-slammed-unequal-amenities-men-women/4759012001/

NCAA vice president Lynn Holzman took accountability for the bad look.

"We acknowledge that some of the amenities teams would typically have access to have not been as available inside the controlled environment," Holzman said. "In part, this is due to the limited space and the original plan was to expand the workout area once additional space was available later in the tournament. However, we want to be responsive to the needs of our participating teams, and we are actively working to enhance existing resources at practice courts, including additional weight training equipment."

The "limited space" claim was called into question after a video was posted by a Rutgers staff member of largely vacant facilities.

An Instagram post from women'shoopz showed that the weight room facilities weren't the only ways the men's and women's bubbles differ.