Coach Gregg Popovich is next to University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley after her comments against the NCAA inequalities that emerged last week.
This should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the way Pop uses his platform outside the court to talk about his views.
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The controversy increased from Thursday to Friday after the photos of the women’s gym were shared online and compared to the full men’s weight room in Indianapolis. Players, staff and media also noticed differences in the COVID-19 tests, meals and gift bags.
“Either it is communication failure, lack of communication or you just don’t care at all, if people know what’s going on on our side of things, and it should stop,” said Staley in one of his statements. “It should stop, because we are under the umbrella of March madness. If the NCAA owns March Madness and all its luxury, then it must look luxurious to every student-athlete, male or female. “
Like Popovich, Staley is known for being frank in her position on injustices. During the summer, she wrote a column for the Player’s Tribune about the death of George Floyd.
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The Spurs coach said that Staley to continue talking about these issues is “very important”, according to the San Antonio Express-News.
Over the weekend, the NCAA provided women with better accommodations for the gym.
Coach Popovich is alongside University of South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley in her comments against the NCAA inequalities that emerged last week.
Brad Horrigan / TNS“I think we all feel that way,” he said of her comments. “Every citizen who has experienced or witnessed injustice has a responsibility to speak up. Obviously, we have a bit of a platform. Maybe more people will hear us. But we need to use this, because we are in trouble now. “
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