Revenue, not discrimination, explains NCAA spending discrepancy on championships

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A gender equity review of the NCAA has made a shocking discovery: The NCAA spends more money on revenue-generating sports.

This was the grand conclusion of an external review of the NCAA conducted by law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP. The most notable part of this review is that the NCAA does not actually treat men’s and women’s sports differently most of the time. According to the review, “For the vast majority of NCAA sports, the result is that the men’s and women’s championships of like sports are resourced equitably (albeit perhaps minimally).”

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