NCAA Basketball Tournament Expansion Remains Up in Air

NCAA Basketball Tournament Expansion Remains Up in the Air
Power 4 schools’ proposals could push championship control away from the NCAA, while association president Charlie Baker continues to push for more teams in the men’s and women’s basketball fields.
Women's basketball teams will be paid for NCAA Tournament appearances
Men’s basketball teams now receive 24% of the media rights deal, which is $8.8 billion over eight years, starting this year. Women’s basketball is valued at $65 million per tournament in the NCAA’s new media rights deal with ESPN — roughly 10 times more than in the contract that ends this year.
NCAA will now pay teams in its women’s basketball tournament, too
The organization approved “performance units” for women’s teams participating in March Madness after years of only paying men’s programs.
Women's college basketball teams to be paid for playing NCAA Tournament games after approval of new plan
In a historic vote Wednesday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, the organization approved a plan to pay women's basketball teams for making the NCAA Tournament. Men's basketball teams have been reaping the benefits of the same revenue sharing plan for many years.
NCAA Approves Women’s Basketball Tournament Financial Units
The move brings a level of parity with the men’s tournament and adds an incentive for schools to invest in their programs to an even greater extent.
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