This March Madness, women’s teams are getting a perk men have enjoyed for years
5 days, 17 hours ago

This March Madness, women’s teams are getting a perk men have enjoyed for years

Associated Press  

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The Columbia women’s basketball team plays in an intimate 2,700-seat gym nestled in Manhattan that is nowhere to be found on the national sports landscape. We get a unit!” That’s correct, each women’s team in the tournament will get a “unit” — money that is paid to conferences when one of its teams appears in the NCAA Tournament. Women’s basketball has been fighting for equality for a very long time,” said William & Mary coach Erin Dickerson Davis, who was the associate head coach at Wake Forest, an assistant at Georgetown and has also coached at Towson, Illinois State, La Salle and Furman. “I played college basketball, it’s a long time coming.” It is the Tribe’s first trip to March Madness in either men’s or women’s basketball. “We’ve been enjoying the whole season,” Page said, adding, “It’s great we can make money for the school now.” Patterson, the former Virginia Cavalier, Stanford Cardinal and now UNCG Spartan summed it up when she said: “It’s great for women’s basketball.” ___ The Associated Press’ women in the workforce and state government coverage receives financial support from Pivotal Ventures.

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Women’s teams in the NCAA Tournament getting individual revenue share for 1st time. What’s a ‘unit’?
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5 days, 17 hours ago

Women’s teams in the NCAA Tournament getting individual revenue share for 1st time. What’s a ‘unit’?

Associated Press  

Women’s basketball teams in the NCAA Tournament for the first time will be getting an individual share of the March Madness revenue pie. The formula can be complicated, but the bottom line is conferences will receive $113,000 for each game a women’s team plays in the NCAA Tournament. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley was one of the most outspoken advocates …

Women's March Madness gaining success and drawing eyeballs
1 week, 1 day ago

Women's March Madness gaining success and drawing eyeballs

India Today  

It’s no stretch to say the two biggest names in college basketball these days will be playing in the women’s tournament when March Madness goes into full swing later this week. One of the surest signs of the growing popularity of the women’s game came last year, when the final of the tournament, featuring Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes against coach Dawn …

Pursuit of glory? Cold, hard cash? A new poll breaks down why people fill out March Madness brackets
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1 week, 1 day ago

Pursuit of glory? Cold, hard cash? A new poll breaks down why people fill out March Madness brackets

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As March Madness takes over this week, how many people are filling out NCAA brackets — and why? The survey found that about one-quarter of Americans fill out a men’s March Madness bracket “every year” or “some years.” But what about the women’s tournament? The survey found that 16% of U.S. adults fill out a women’s tournament bracket …

March Madness brackets are set. The SEC dominates the men's with a record 14 teams
1 week, 3 days ago

March Madness brackets are set. The SEC dominates the men's with a record 14 teams

NPR  

March Madness brackets are set. The Southeastern Conference, normally known for its dominance on the football field, has set a new March Madness record by sending 14 of its 16 teams to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The men's tournament tips off with the opening "first four" games on Tuesday and Wednesday, then the madness gets underway next …

Women's Teams Finally To Be Paid For March Madness Games Like Men Have For Years
2 months, 1 week ago

Women's Teams Finally To Be Paid For March Madness Games Like Men Have For Years

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. “I appreciate the decision by the Kaplan Hecker and Fink law firm to include the lack of units in their report as …

March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA
2 months, 1 week ago

March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In the first year, $15 million will be awarded …

March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA
2 months, 1 week ago

March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Women’s basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention. “I appreciate the decision by the Kaplan Hecker and Fink …

NCAA lays out pay structure for women’s basketball tournament performances
7 months ago

NCAA lays out pay structure for women’s basketball tournament performances

Associated Press  

A women’s basketball team that reaches the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament could bring its conference roughly $1.26 million over the next three years in financial performance rewards. There will be $15 million awarded to teams in the first year of the fund, which is 26% of the women’s basketball media revenue deal. Men’s basketball teams now receive 24% …

NCAA moves closer to financially rewarding women’s basketball teams that reach March Madness
7 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA moves closer to financially rewarding women’s basketball teams that reach March Madness

Associated Press  

Women’s basketball teams moved a step closer to getting financially rewarded for success in the NCAA Tournament. Central Arkansas President Houston Davis, who is the chairman of the board’s finance committee, said the panel has been working on women’s basketball units for about a year, though conversations go farther back than that. Baker said Thursday that the antitrust settlement the …

NCAA president hopeful women’s teams rewarded for appearance in tournament like the men
11 months, 2 weeks ago

NCAA president hopeful women’s teams rewarded for appearance in tournament like the men

Associated Press  

CLEVELAND — Despite huge TV ratings and unprecedented attention for women’s basketball, teams in the NCAA Tournament don’t cash in like their male counterparts. While nothing has been approved yet, Baker said the finance committee is targeting the 2024-25 season to give women’s teams financial compensation. “We just signed a new contract with ESPN and women’s basketball is a big …

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games
11 months, 3 weeks ago

This March Madness in women’s basketball is producing fewer upsets but closer games

Associated Press  

This spotlight season for women’s college basketball isn’t merely creating brighter stars and bigger ratings. The top 16 women’s seeds play at home for the first two rounds while all men’s games are at neutral sites. Eleven lower seeds won in the first round of the men’s tournament, with Middle Tennessee the lone first-round winner among lower seeds in the …

NCAA investment in a second women’s basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy
11 months, 3 weeks ago

NCAA investment in a second women’s basketball tournament emerges as a big hit in Indy

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — As the eagerly anticipated LSU-Iowa women’s rematch was about to tip off, Washington State coach Kamie Ethridge took a seat in Indianapolis, lamented her team’s season-ending loss and celebrated another milestone moment for the sport. Inside one of the sport’s venerable venues, Butler’s Hinkle Fieldhouse, Ethridge was one of many players and coaches gushing about the opportunities this …

The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread
1 year ago

The NCAA Tournament wants to expand without losing its soul. It will be a delicate needle to thread

Associated Press  

Kevin Keatts and North Carolina State reached the NCAA Tournament the old-fashioned way. Ackerman stressed “none of us would like to see our unit value diminish,” and that the Big East — which had three teams advance to the Sweet 16 — would have a “point of view if it was going to be undercut in any way.” Atlantic 10 …

Why March Madness belongs to the women: Star players, big ratings make it tourney to watch
1 year ago

Why March Madness belongs to the women: Star players, big ratings make it tourney to watch

New York Times  

There’s always a sign. There were also my guy friends back home who, for the first time, were planning their weekend around the women’s NCAA Tournament games instead of the men’s. GO DEEPER Like Steph and Jimmer before her, Caitlin Clark is a ‘once in a lifetime’ experience ESPN recently announced that this was its most-watched women’s college basketball regular …

NCAA generates nearly $1.3 billion in revenue for 2022-23. Division I payouts reach $669 million
1 year, 1 month ago

NCAA generates nearly $1.3 billion in revenue for 2022-23. Division I payouts reach $669 million

Associated Press  

INDIANAPOLIS — The NCAA generated nearly $1.3 billion in revenue for the 2022-23 fiscal year, more than half of which was distributed back to Division I members, according to financial statements released Thursday by the association. As usual, the bulk of the NCAA’s revenue — $945 million — came from media rights and marketing deals tied to championship events. The …

NCAA agrees to $920 million, 8-year deal with ESPN for women’s March Madness, 39 other championships
1 year, 2 months ago

NCAA agrees to $920 million, 8-year deal with ESPN for women’s March Madness, 39 other championships

Associated Press  

The NCAA and ESPN announced on Thursday a $920 million, eight-year agreement that will give the network exclusive rights to 40 championships, including the Division I women’s basketball tournament, an event growing in popularity that the association has been accused of undervaluing in the past. “I do believe this was the best deal that was available.” Baker said the NCAA’s …

Women hope Sweet 16 next step to own March Madness TV deal
2 years ago

Women hope Sweet 16 next step to own March Madness TV deal

Associated Press  

Women’s college basketball believes it has the makings for a hit reality TV show with star power driving a marketable product that has a growing audience. South Carolina coach Dawn Staley believes the question of whether women’s hoops merits its own March Madness TV contract has already been answered, even though the women’s tournament loses money under the current deal. …

A bigger March Madness? Many obstacles stand in the way
2 years ago

A bigger March Madness? Many obstacles stand in the way

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The number was supposed to be 96. The last time the NCAA seriously considered expanding the men’s Division I basketball tournament a plan emerged to add 16 more games and 32 more participants to grow that symmetrically satisfying 64-team bracket. “That’s not to say we won’t give it it’s appropriate level of analysis and consideration, but there’s …

March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules
2 years, 11 months ago

March Madness paying off for players under mishmash of rules

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “And that’s a really odd transformation that we need to somehow, I think, strike a middle ground here, eventually.” This week, Kansas, Villanova, North Carolina and Duke will play in the first Final Four to be held under the new world of “name, image and likeness” …

Women’s Final Four can be a financial windfall for players
2 years, 11 months ago

Women’s Final Four can be a financial windfall for players

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! “I think women’s basketball is doing really well in that regard, just with the opportunities we’re given, and sort of the chances we’re getting in the field,” she said. Marsh, who also teaches sports law and ethics at Northwestern, said many players have done a better …

Staley’s NCAA fix for inequities? Pay women’s teams like men
3 years ago

Staley’s NCAA fix for inequities? Pay women’s teams like men

Associated Press  

— The phrase “March Madness” is everywhere this women’s NCAA Tournament. “Whether that’s 16 teams at one site in the first and second rounds, whatever the format, I just think our game is growing,” Graves said. “Our game is really, really strong right now.” The madness is 𝙉𝙊𝙏 over… We are 𝙅𝙐𝙎𝙏 getting started!#MarchMadness pic.twitter.com/d8YIviGUou — NCAA March Madness March …

NCAA close to expanding women’s field to 68 teams
3 years, 5 months ago

NCAA close to expanding women’s field to 68 teams

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 women’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Both the Division I women’s basketball committee and the oversight committee unanimously voted to approve a proposal to add four teams to the NCAA Tournament, starting this season. “The committee’s first priority is ensuring that student-athletes competing in women’s basketball have a championship experience that …

Review finds women’s NCAA Tournament got less than men’s
3 years, 7 months ago

Review finds women’s NCAA Tournament got less than men’s

Associated Press  

From the first practice to the Final Four, the bells and whistles for the women’s NCAA Tournament this year lagged way behind those at the men’s tourney. At almost every step after that, the report found, the men’s tournament went full speed ahead for well-equipped weight rooms, spacious lounge areas at its hotels and tournament sites while those running the …

Gender equity report: NCAA prioritized men’s basketball ‘over everything else’
3 years, 7 months ago

Gender equity report: NCAA prioritized men’s basketball ‘over everything else’

New York Times  

The NCAA prioritized men's basketball "over everything else in ways that create, normalize and perpetuate gender inequities," according to a report published Tuesday following an external review of the organization's approach to men's and women's sports. The review, which was prepared by civil rights attorney Roberta A. Kaplan of the New York-based law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink LLP, focused …

How NCAA units turn the Pac-12’s March Madness wins into big paydays
3 years, 11 months ago

How NCAA units turn the Pac-12’s March Madness wins into big paydays

LA Times  

Confetti floated through the air at Lucas Oil Stadium after UCLA’s upset of No. The unit is like a redeemable token representing a game played in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. It is paid to the conference for six years, starting in 2017, with each payment changing based on that year’s unit value. With the Pac-12’s 11 units from seven …

How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years
55 years, 2 months ago

How the NCAA Has Been Screwing Over Women’s Sports for Years

Slate  

Almost nobody likes the NCAA. For many, that’s because when the NCAA isn’t working to prevent athletes from being paid, it’s working to make sure women’s sports are treated as something less than men’s sports. As March Madness began in earnest, photos and TikToks illustrating disparities between the NCAA’s men’s and women’s basketball tournaments spread rapidly across social media, and …

NCAA slammed for inequality between men’s and women’s facilities
4 years ago

NCAA slammed for inequality between men’s and women’s facilities

Al Jazeera  

The association that oversees college sports in the United States has faced widespread criticism after a video shared on social media showed considerable disparities between the men’s and women’s weight rooms at their respective Division I basketball tournaments. “So for the NCAA March Madness, the biggest tournament for college basketball for women, this is our weight room,” said Prince, pointing …

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar
4 years ago

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar

NPR  

Men's And Women's NCAA March Madness Facilities, Separate And Unequal, Spark Uproar Enlarge this image toggle caption Kathy Willens/AP Kathy Willens/AP On Thursday, Stanford University sports performance coach Ali Kershner posted a photo comparing the weight room set-up for the NCAA women's and men's basketball tournaments. In support, WNBA player and last year's NCAA national player of the year Sabrina …

Money Madness: AP analysis shows growing gap in NCAA payouts
5 years, 11 months ago

Money Madness: AP analysis shows growing gap in NCAA payouts

Associated Press  

HARTFORD, Conn. — Powered by Ja Morant’s no-look passes and Dylan Windler’s step-back 3s, March Madness has been a bonanza for the Ohio Valley Conference. Since massive realignment among college conference in 2012-2014, Power Five schools from the Atlantic Coast, Southeastern, Big Ten, Big 12 and Pac-12 have earned even more under the system of “units,” the term used by …

Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the schools
7 years ago

Just competing in March Madness is a fundraising win for the schools

Salon  

The NCAA men’s basketball championship, better known as March Madness, raises big bucks even if the players aren’t paid. Donations of all kinds averaged about $13.6 million in 2015 at the 347 schools in Division 1 — those with March Madness teams — based on my calculations using the most recent data available. The top 1 percent of higher education …

What’s an NCAA Tournament upset worth? Units = big bucks
7 years ago

What’s an NCAA Tournament upset worth? Units = big bucks

Associated Press  

UMBC made more than history in the NCAA Tournament. The MVC and Mountain West will pocket at least as much from NCAA Tournament units as the Pac-12, which had three teams in the field, all bounced after one game each. The MVC distributes the units revenue equally among 10 members — though the NCAA Tournament participants receive an additional half-share …

March Madness and the NCAA purity lie: How the billion-dollar basketball-industrial complex blinds us to our biggest flaws
9 years, 11 months ago

March Madness and the NCAA purity lie: How the billion-dollar basketball-industrial complex blinds us to our biggest flaws

Salon  

In a nation split by partisan bickering, one of the few documents that both liberals and conservatives await with genuine enthusiasm is President Obama’s March Madness bracket. It makes a point of emphasizing — ad nauseam — that the athletes participating in March Madness are "student-athletes" or amateurs, even though these so-called kids are contractually obligated to participate in press …

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