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Disparities with Mens and Ladies NCAA Tournaments
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<blockquote data-quote="sun" data-source="post: 5070897" data-attributes="member: 8678"><p>I can't find it said anywhere that the women's tournament loses money.</p><p>It generates about $35 mil per year in revenue.</p><p>Even though the men's tournament made $800 mil, the NCAA earns plenty of money to support both tournaments.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/march-madness-ncaa-tournament-scandals-sexism-amateurism.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>"The women's DI tournament generates far less TV money than the men's (<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-madness-womens-college-basketball-ncaa-tournament-11616155596#:~:text=The%20broadcast%20revenue%20generated%20by,or%20about%20%2435%20million%20annually." target="_blank">about $35 million</a> a year instead of about $800 million), but those revenue differences don't excuse the treatment gap. The NCAA has plenty of money to provide an equivalent tournament experience to players in both events. And if there's one industry that does <em>not </em>reward labor commensurate with how much revenue it brings in, it's college sports. Besides, how can women's basketball be expected to grow if the NCAA continues to treat it as second-class? The NCAA is nominally a nonprofit that's supposed to lift up all of its athletes.</p><p></p><p>The NCAA has admitted that it "fell short" in the amenities it provided the women. That framing mainly suggests the organization <a href="https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1372953375289925637?s=20" target="_blank">did not think it would get caught</a>. Most of the administration of college sports is left to universities and conference offices. The basketball tournaments are the biggest events the NCAA puts on each year. It defies belief that the differences in treatment for men and women were some kind of oversight."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sun, post: 5070897, member: 8678"] I can't find it said anywhere that the women's tournament loses money. It generates about $35 mil per year in revenue. Even though the men's tournament made $800 mil, the NCAA earns plenty of money to support both tournaments. [URL unfurl="true"]https://slate.com/culture/2021/03/march-madness-ncaa-tournament-scandals-sexism-amateurism.html[/URL] "The women’s DI tournament generates far less TV money than the men’s ([URL='https://www.wsj.com/articles/march-madness-womens-college-basketball-ncaa-tournament-11616155596#:~:text=The%20broadcast%20revenue%20generated%20by,or%20about%20%2435%20million%20annually.']about $35 million[/URL] a year instead of about $800 million), but those revenue differences don’t excuse the treatment gap. The NCAA has plenty of money to provide an equivalent tournament experience to players in both events. And if there’s one industry that does [I]not [/I]reward labor commensurate with how much revenue it brings in, it’s college sports. Besides, how can women’s basketball be expected to grow if the NCAA continues to treat it as second-class? The NCAA is nominally a nonprofit that’s supposed to lift up all of its athletes. The NCAA has admitted that it “fell short” in the amenities it provided the women. That framing mainly suggests the organization [URL='https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1372953375289925637?s=20']did not think it would get caught[/URL]. Most of the administration of college sports is left to universities and conference offices. The basketball tournaments are the biggest events the NCAA puts on each year. It defies belief that the differences in treatment for men and women were some kind of oversight." [/QUOTE]
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