A study finds the WNBA continuing to earn the highest marks of all professional leagues when it comes to racial and gender diversity in hiring.
Wednesday’s report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) issued an A-plus for the league’s overall, racial and gender grades in the 2020 season. The numerical scores were all up from the previous year, and the study noted the league has gone 16 straight years earning at least an A in all three overall categories in the report card.
“It’s definitely the standard among the pro sports leagues that we cover,” TIDES director and lead report author Richard Lapchick said in an interview with The Associated Press.