Women athletes have already complained that their BB championship budget is only 1/2 that of men which results in the marginalization of women's sports.
Female students want the NCAA to increase the women's budget, not decrease it.
They also want more games televised, less over-lap with the men's games and lower ticket prices.
They want to generate more money from TV rights to promote equality with the men and to get the attention that WCBB deserves
The women's March Madness needs to be run the same as the men's March Madness with more TV marketing, not cheaper just to save money & to lower the quality of the tourney.
"Last year, the Women’s March Madness Final Four was the most-watched Final Four weekend since 2012 for the women’s tournament, with 3.46 million viewers. In addition, the 2022 Women’s March Madness Finals was the most-watched finals for women’s college basketball since 2004, with 4.85 million viewers on the ESPN
networks."
There has long been discourse surrounding how female collegiate athletes are treated compared to their male counterparts. Some students believe there is still a long way to go to make the NCAA more equitable for women.
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