New bill looks to promote equity for women's sports

U.S. Reps. Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) and Maria Salazar (R-Fla.) have introduced a "bipartisan bill to address and promote fairness and equity in women’s sports." The Women in NCAA Sports (WINS) Act would "establish a 16-member congressional commission to study equality in the NCAA’s operation of tournaments and other programs for which there are men’s and women’s divisions." The commission will "present a final report with policy recommendations that the NCAA should adopt to promote equality and fairness between men’s and women’s programs and reforms Congress should consider to improve oversight of equality at the NCAA." The bipartisan commission will be composed of "members appointed by the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate leadership," with "special consideration of individuals with experience or professional expertise in college sports, equality or Title IX compliance and those who are former college athletes, coaches or athletics administrators" (SI, 4/6).