Behind the Line

The media has been after the NCAA the last few years. The mainstream media claims March Madness isn't fair...because the women's tournament doesn't recieve the same amount of funding as the men's tournament.

The NCAA announced this week that they're balancing the budget between the men and women. We look into the budget and the figures for the 2019 tournaments for both men and women. We provide the reason the women's tournament hasn't been receiving the same funding.

We explain why the NCAA suddenly calling the women's tournament March Madness...doesn't make it March Madness. We also explain why increased funding won't fix the problem with women's sports failing to draw the same audience as the men.

For the past several years...players in the WNBA have been at the forefront of the equity movement. WNBA players like Sue Bird have been pushing for equal pay. However...when equity and social justice directly affects them...WNBA players have a different opinion.

We react to the WNBA fining the New York Liberty for chartering flights for its players. Chartered flights aren't allowed in the WNBA...according to the collective bargaining agreement WNBA players signed two years ago.

We explain how this proves the hypocrisy in the equity movement. We also react to commentary from Sue Bird regarding the optics of charter flights...and how it highlights the overall mentality problem with WNBA players.

We compare two incidents that happened recently at the college basketball level. We compare the response to the Juwan Howard incident...to a recent incident that happened at Washington & Jefferson in Pennsylvania.

Juwan Howard was handed a suspension...while a football player at Washington & Jefferson was expelled for a distasteful sign at a women's basketball game. We discuss how this proves the hypocrisy at colleges and universities...when it comes to reprimanding behavior.

We also discuss numerous coaches like Patrick Ewing wanting to end the postgame handshake line...and explain how that won't resolve the problem in college basketball.

ESPN once again made headlines...for all the wrong reasons. During the second season finale of Euphoria on HBO Sunday night...the ESPN SportsCenter account tweeted about the character Ashtray. ESPN asked its audience to name an athlete as fearless as Ashtray on Euphoria.

ESPN immediately deleted the tweet...but not before the New York Post captured a screenshot. We react to the tweet...and explain how this is another instance proving ESPN is out-of-touch with their audience. We also question why Troy Aikman would leave FOX to join ESPN.

College football experienced declining attendance numbers for the seventh straight season. Dennis Dodd at CBS released a report last week...trying to explain why the NCAA is seeing college football attendance drop across the board.

However...the Power-5 Conference commissioners...along with the mainstream media...continue to neglect the real reason college football is struggling. We dispute the reasons outlined in Dennis Dodd's report...and provide the real reason college football is struggling with attendance.

Megan Rapinoe has supposedly been advocating for equal pay for female soccer players. Earlier this week...it was announced that Megan Rapinoe and a select group of players had won their appeal against US Soccer for equal pay.

On the surface...it looked like a victory. However...the settlement actually exposed Megan Rapinoe. We discuss how this settlement isn't a victory for female athletes like Megan Rapinoe claims. We reveal comments from Hope Solo...who was critical of Megan Rapinoe after the settlement.

We explain that Megan Rapinoe doesn't care about equal pay...and how she uses social justice causes for her own personal financial gain.

Andrey Rublev took a courageous stand yesterday at the Dubai Tennis Championships. After winning his match...Andrey Rublev found a television camera and wrote a specific message to his home country of Russia.

We reveal and react to the clip of Andrey Rublev. We compare the reaction of the mainstream media to Andrey Rublev...to the mainstream media reaction of athletes like Colin Kaepernick, Megan Rapinoe, and LeBron James.

The New Orleans Pelicans recently acquired CJ McCollum from the Blazers. Two weeks passed...and Cj McCollum admitted to the Inside the NBA crew that he hadn't heard from Zion Williamson. This was enough for JJ Redick to blast Zion Williamson on First Take.

We play and react to the comments from both CJ McCollum and JJ Redick. We explain how Zion Williamson has displayed a complete lack of respect for the Pelicans as an organization. We discuss the Pelicans potentially moving on from Zion Williamson...and why this would be the right decision.

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Liz Cambage was a guest on NBA Today on ESPN Wednesday...and made the claim the WNBA CBA was the reason that WNBA players aren't making more money. She also claimed that she can make five times the amount of money overseas...that she's currently making in the WNBA.

We play and react to two clips from Liz Cambage on ESPN. We disprove Liz Cambage narrative that the WNBA CBA is the reason WNBA players aren't making more money. We also disprove Liz Cambage notion that she can make five times the money overseas. We compare the WNBA to the WNBL in Australia...and explain why the WNBL can pay their players more money.

NASCAR is celebrating the recent television ratings of the Daytona 500. The Daytona 500 set a three-year ratings high last weekend. However...it was interesting how the mainstream media covered the NASCAR ratings.

We reveal and react to the ratings for the Daytona 500...and show the differences in reaction from Yahoo Sports and Outkick. We also highlight a serious problem facing NASCAR...and explain how NASCAR President Steve Phelps refuses to address the issue.