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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 4266197, member: 3850"] [I]It’s easier to pay the men thanks to the NCAA’s deal with CBS and Turner’s contract. The original contract averaged $770 million per year with an extension in 2016 jumping that per-year average to $1.1 billion in 2025. The women’s tournament currently is bundled with other women’s championships for TV rights. The current contract with ESPN is up in 2024. ESPN[URL='https://apnews.com/article/march-madness-womens-tournament-espn-28440e4b7d37e4fb2d4c5dc787ab22c0'] is giving each game n this tournament its own window[/URL] on one of its channels with four games on ABC for a second straight year. Utah coach Lynn Roberts said she thinks the NCAA is working hard to fix some of the optics with “a long ways to go” systematically. Roberts said the real money comes from media deals and advertising.[/I] [/QUOTE]