NCAA acknowledges 'disrespectful' differences in amenities at men's and women's tournaments

Agree. This is nuts. Should have been equitable on day one. At this point there should be an all out effort to remedy - TODAY. How many gyms are there in San Antonio - think they could deliver some equipment?

Just shocking the decisions that get made. The real test will be if they repeat this disrespect.

That was my thought as well. Does anyone know if facilities like this have been provided in past years or is this a first? 

This is the first time the entire tourney has been in a single city, so can't look to past years.  In prior years, all rounds are scheduled at school locations (until the final 4) with only 4 teams per location (at each round.)  So plenty of space for workouts, if needed.  Most universities have great facilities.  What I don't know is whether players actually lift weights during the tournament rounds.  Not sure if this is a major issue or if it's being blown up just because that is what people like to do these days.

You know the men's basketball makes a lot more money then women's. If a salesman makes more sales than the saleswoman do you give them both the same comission?

I'm having a hard time getting worked up over it. The NCAA didn't even know how many teams - and thus how many courts to have available - until really late in the game. I'm sure that the NCAA staff has been running ragged setting up all the facilities, testing procedures, schedules, and so on.  Should this have happened?  Of course not. But how much lather should we work up because some frazzled facility manager dropped the ball?

I will say this: whoever at the NCAA made up the lame excuse should be lashed. Just admit that someone made a mistake! And then do what you can to rectify it.

And I'll say this: I don't care much for the "If you aren't as mad as I am, then you are part of the problem" attitude. Nothing in this world is that black and white. (Hmm. Can we still use that phrase?)

Since the men's Final Four and Championship is usually played in a converted football arena to accommodate the crowd, there's a huge amount of revenue lost here. What should have been done across the board is to make all facilities adequate, but Spartan-like to meet basic needs. However, that might have caused an uproar on the other end of the spectrum. What are student-athletes truly entitled to?