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TIDES Report Shows Increased Diversity in College Sports Is Slow

In the latest report from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), “The 2020 Racial and Gender Report Card, College Sport,” college sport receives an overall grade of C+, which breaks down to a B for racial hiring practices and a C+ for gender hiring. As the report notes, intercollegiate athletics remains predominantly white and male.

February 25, 2021

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University of Nebraska Student Athletes Call For More Diverse Athletics Staff

Student athletes at the University of Nebraska are pushing for more diverse leadership in athletics using the social media hashtag #LegacyOverImage.

August 13, 2020

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Division I Women Basketball Players Beat Men Again in Academic Progress

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I African American women basketball players academically outperformed their male African American counterparts and had a smaller gap with their White teammates in 2020, says the annual report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). With no NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournaments held this spring, TIDES based […]

April 2, 2020

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TIDES Report Shows NBA Outpaces All Other Pro Leagues in Diversity

The National Basketball Association received an overall grade of “A” in the 2019 Racial and Gender Report Card just issued by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport.

June 18, 2019

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MLB’s Diversity Hiring Score Unchanged

Baseball is a game played at a slow pace and is deliberate when it comes to changing the way it is played. The same can be said for Major League Baseball (MLB) and its racial and gender hiring practices.

April 15, 2019

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NSIA Looks to Diversify Intercollegiate Sports

Now, more than ever, Sean T. Frazier says that institutions have to do a better job recruiting a diverse group of individuals to work in intercollegiate athletics.

April 4, 2019

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Women’s Basketball Continues to Outpace Men’s Academically

Women’s basketball players still outperform their male counterparts, but there is still room for improvement, according to a new report.

March 19, 2019

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TIDES Report: College Sport is Still Lacking in Diversity

In the latest Racial and Gender Report Card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) the overall grade for college sport is a C+.

February 27, 2019

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Report: NFL Gender Hiring Lags Behind Racial Hiring

The National Football League (NFL) received an overall grade of ’B’ in the 2018 Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC) from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES). But gender hiring across the league received average to low grades.

January 23, 2019

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Report Assesses the Academic Records of Bowl-Bound College Football Teams

While the Graduation Success Rate for football student-athletes in the 78 Football Bowl Subdivision schools continues to rise, the gap between African-American and White student-athletes persists.

December 3, 2018

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Study: Diversity Still Lacking at FBS Institutions

University presidents, conference commissioners and athletics and campus leaders in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions are still mainly comprised by White men, according to a report by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida (UCF).

October 3, 2018

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Supreme Court Ruling Opens Door to College Sports Gambling

The NCAA, which has played a game of tug-of-war for years with its staunch anti-college gambling stance, was placed on notice as the inevitable finally happened in the sports betting world. Legal betting will be allowed on college games in states —not just Nevada anymore — if the individual states choose,

May 20, 2018