Richard Lapchick Quotations
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Code Quotes
Whether or not anything happened, just staging an event like that is a problem. They are representatives of their university and schools have an understood code of conduct, and these guys obviously thought they were going to get away with it and thought it wasn't a big deal. That is unacceptable.
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Almost Quotes
Women come from a culture where society has told them all these years that at whatever level you have to be better, you have to work harder, you have to outperform everyone else in order to break through all the gender barriers. In a basketball male culture, it's almost not cool to study. I think it's taken a lot of programs the NCAA has implemented to let those players and their coaches know, 'We've got to perform or we're going to lose scholarship.
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Corporate Quotes
First of all, the policy is not racist. The intention is to make the league image more corporate rather than hip-hop, which has been the going trend for years, ... It's a natural outcome of what happened last year with the brawl. As for the NBA, it's probably the most progressive league with regard to its diversity practices. There may be some resistance to this policy, but (the NBA) needs to just stick to its guns.
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Available Quotes
It's not good that they don't have any minorities in the final pool because our research shows there are a lot of qualified minorities out there and available for these types of jobs, but it's slightly less bothersome because New Mexico has had such a good record when it comes to minority administrators.
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Athletes Quotes
The emphasis on Division I athletics director experience automatically puts minorities at a disadvantage. As a result, it is unclear whether the best possible candidates are being considered for top jobs. And we end up with people making decisions who don't reflect the athletes on the playing field or courts.