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NBA commissioner Silver wants more female refs, coaches
May 9, 2019 6:22 PM ET
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Former WNBA star Becky Hammon is an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants half of all new referees joining the league to be women -- and he would like to see teams hire female coaches, too.
In an appearance Thursday for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Silver said two of the past five refs added from the developmental G League were women, bringing the total number of female officials to three.
"It's an area, frankly, where I've acknowledged that I'm not sure how it was that it remained so male-dominated for so long. Because it's an area of the game where physically, certainly, there's no benefit to being a man, as opposed to a woman, when it comes to refereeing," Silver said.
"The goal is: Going forward, it should be roughly 50-50 of new officials entering in the league," he said. "Same for coaches, by the way. We have a program, too. There's no reason why women shouldn't be coaching men's basketball."
There has never been a female head coach in the NBA.
Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs was the league's first full-time female assistant. Kristi
I suppose that it must be a quote of white men too , a quote of gay men too, a quote of asian men too, a quote of latin men too and a quote of transexual men. For equity and justice...NBA commissioner Silver wants more female refs, coaches
May 9, 2019 6:22 PM ET
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Former WNBA star Becky Hammon is an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants half of all new referees joining the league to be women -- and he would like to see teams hire female coaches, too.
In an appearance Thursday for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Silver said two of the past five refs added from the developmental G League were women, bringing the total number of female officials to three.
"It's an area, frankly, where I've acknowledged that I'm not sure how it was that it remained so male-dominated for so long. Because it's an area of the game where physically, certainly, there's no benefit to being a man, as opposed to a woman, when it comes to refereeing," Silver said.
"The goal is: Going forward, it should be roughly 50-50 of new officials entering in the league," he said. "Same for coaches, by the way. We have a program, too. There's no reason why women shouldn't be coaching men's basketball."
There has never been a female head coach in the NBA.
Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs was the league's first full-time female assistant. Kristi Toliver worked as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards this season; she also still plays for the WNBA's Mystics in the same city.
In December, the Indiana Pacers made Kelly Krauskopf the first woman to hold the title of assistant general manager in the NBA.
Bullshit on the political forum. This has nothing to do with politics. We're talking about the NBA. Fuck politics.
It is though, it's where it stems fromBullshit on the political forum. This has nothing to do with politics. We're talking about the NBA. Fuck politics.
Counter idea: Who cares what you look like or what you have in your nether region. If you're an elite coach, you should be in the NBA.NBA commissioner Silver wants more female refs, coaches
May 9, 2019 6:22 PM ET
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Former WNBA star Becky Hammon is an assistant coach with the San Antonio Spurs.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wants half of all new referees joining the league to be women -- and he would like to see teams hire female coaches, too.
In an appearance Thursday for The Economic Club of Washington, D.C., Silver said two of the past five refs added from the developmental G League were women, bringing the total number of female officials to three.
"It's an area, frankly, where I've acknowledged that I'm not sure how it was that it remained so male-dominated for so long. Because it's an area of the game where physically, certainly, there's no benefit to being a man, as opposed to a woman, when it comes to refereeing," Silver said.
"The goal is: Going forward, it should be roughly 50-50 of new officials entering in the league," he said. "Same for coaches, by the way. We have a program, too. There's no reason why women shouldn't be coaching men's basketball."
There has never been a female head coach in the NBA.
Becky Hammon of the San Antonio Spurs was the league's first full-time female assistant. Kristi Toliver worked as an assistant coach for the Washington Wizards this season; she also still plays for the WNBA's Mystics in the same city.
In December, the Indiana Pacers made Kelly Krauskopf the first woman to hold the title of assistant general manager in the NBA.
and feminism isn't public policy. But it is political.NBA is in the private sector.
my post said nothing about why the NBA would be male dominated. Just that it was political. But the case at hooters was actually settled out of court at 3.7m to the plaintiffsThere are perfectly legitimate reasons why the NBA would be male-dominated, just like the lawsuit against Hooters for insisting on female waitresses was laughed out of court.
There is policy and there is culture. The two shape each other. Having a dog isn't political, but the focus on demographic makeup of institutions has been a political issue for a long time.I dont agree with the totalitarian concept that everything is political.
and feminism isn't public policy. But it is political.
my post said nothing about why the NBA would be male dominated. Just that it was political. But the case at hooters was actually settled out of court at 3.7m to the plaintiffs