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Message: [QUOTE="AgStatesman, post: 3912885, member: 8054"] "In March 2018, the NCAA and ESPN reached a [URL='https://www.multichannel.com/news/espn-expands-ncaa-championships-rights-500-million-deal-298185']$500 million deal[/URL] that saw ESPN acquire the broadcast rights to 24 collegiate championships, including the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, until the 2023-24 season. By contrast, the NCAA and CBS signed an [URL='https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/turner-cbs-and-ncaa-reach-long-term-multimedia-rights-extension-ncaa-division-i-men-s-basketball?sf24203015=1']$8.8 billion extension[/URL] in 2016 just for the rights to the men’s basketball tournament through 2032. The broadcast rights to the men’s tournament per year are over $1 billion while the rights to the women’s tournament plus 23 other college tournaments equal just $35 million per year." Does the revenue ever make a difference? Does the fact that less people watch and care about the women's game ever make a difference? Men's basketball and football are revenue sports. Women's basketball simply is not. If the men are earning over a billion a year and the women somewhere much less than 35 million - do the amenities need to be equal? [/QUOTE]