What did you learn about your own leadership from completing this assignment?
I wrote my final report on gender equity across the three NCAA divisions. I chose three school in Massachusetts wondering if there would be a substantial difference in a state with one of the largest number of institutions of higher education in the country. What I found was that there was hardly a difference at all between my chosen there institutions - this was a very encouraging discovery to me. Of course, as the three institutions I chose are not average representatives for their respective divisions my numbers cannot be unilaterally applied across the NCAA.
Throughout this project I constantly thought back to the NCAA convention in San Antonio and a session I attended on gambling across the divisions. The information presented showed that an overwhelming number of student-athletes that admitted to gambling tendencies were Division III athletes. While there was not conclusive answers as to why this is the case such things are easy to speculate. Division III student-athletes do not draw the media attention that Divisions I student-athletes do and they don’t have the consequence of loosing an athletic scholarship if they are caught gambling to worry about.
While thinking through these two topics (gender equity and gambling in DIII) I came to realize that as a leader I want to instill a strong ethical base in the people that I work with and fore. It shouldn’t matter that you might not suffer a consequence for your actions - you should always act with ethics in mind. If the NCAA says you can’t gamble on sports then you should abide by those rules - you agreed to follow the NCAA as your governing body.
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