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That's just next level shoddy treatment.

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Exactly. How does the rest of the world produce the finest soccer players? IDK, because I'm not that interested, but they don't seem to be forcing them up through second- and third-tier universities.

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This blows!!!

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Mark Emmert is an asshole. He was president of University of Washington when I went there.

Back in the day, my friend saw Emmert back out of the school parking garage to avoid paying for parking. Classy fellow.

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Lynn Holzman's video of her cover of the NCAA looked like a hostage video.

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Maybe it could be called March Nadless.

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because they are selling to men who like watch women in lycra

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It all makes me livid but the inferior covid tests really seal the deal here. Isn’t someone in the NCAA a “father of daughters” who can get outraged on their behalf? How are our precious wombs supposed to remain sanctified and prepare for holy married spermatozoa if we catch the covid?

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No word so far from any of the pearl cultchers screeching about women's sports.

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Same thing happened at Santa Clara Univ in the late 70's. We were a club team (we paid for nearly everything) for two years before we bitched enough to get added to the roster of real teams. Then we still got the men's hand me down uniforms, shitty practice times, and lost every game. Fast forward a decade and the team won the NCAA championship. Amazing what a bit of money, a great coach, and recruiting will do.

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Wow I hate the sneering tone of that last video. You want weights? Here, look, 50 lbs, kwitcherbitchn. Instead of apologizing the NCAA shows that they could have had a weight room all along since it only took them 24 hours (of shame) to come up with something halfway decent (pink lighting, really?). Are they going to tell us that the food was gonna get better further into the tournament too?

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That would probably be super helpful actually. The men get all kinds of body care product and tampons are body care products!

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The highest paid public employee in every state is a university coach.

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Or just get a normal salary like regular faculty. None of them are starving but they aren't saddling their universities million dollar salaries.

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Tennis is the other sport with a female GOAT. Although Serena is a bit less contentious in if.

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With "NCAA" written on them. Maybe it could have the "Final Four" logo on them too? Or maybe just Mark Emmert's picture.

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