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Study: Women still underrepresented in FBS leadership ranks

FILE - Conference USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod participates in a broadcast interview at the Conference USA NCAA college football media day in Arlington Texas, July 27, 2022. Despite MacLeod's position, women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions at the Football Subdivision level of college athletics according to a report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.(AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)

FILE - Vanderbilt Athletic Director Candice Lee sits in a meeting room in the school's athletic administration office building June 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. Despite Lee's position, women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions at the Football Subdivision level of college athletics according to a report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

FILE - Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark speaks to the media during Big 12 NCAA college basketball media day Oct. 18, 2022, in Kansas City, Mo. Women remain significantly underrepresented in leadership positions at the Football Subdivision level of college athletics according to a report card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023. Past editions of the study, which have shown leadership positions such as president or chancellor, athletics director and conference commissioner being dominated by white men. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Study: Women still underrepresented in FBS leadership ranks