Why no revenue sharing $$$ for the Women's Champion?

[azfan]

Don’t find too much Lacrosse, rugby or table tennis on the tube.
Am able, however, to ‘stumble’ on to a lot of NCAA WBB.
Just feel that “something is rotten In Denmark”.
Don’t trust the NCAA at all.
But that’s just me.

Yep, that's the point.

Beyond the issue of confidence or trust in the NCAA you can look to the actual viewership numbers provided by the media companies. Of course if you don't trust them then.....

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Those cities are major ... but unless you are going to have the games at a secondary arena... no chance the NBA/NHL franchises in those towns are gonna give up there arenas for a weekend for women's college basketball. Don't think the average WCBB fan is willing to spend the money to stay/eat/and get around in cities like Boston, NYC, LA.. etc. A regional in those cities would get barely any coverage in the local press.

Are you suggesting that WBB fans are poorer than MBB fans? I'm sure there's a ton of overlap. I can't be the only one.

 

[azfan]

Are you suggesting that WBB fans are poorer than MBB fans? I'm sure there's a ton of overlap. I can't be the only one.

Interesting question. We know for sure wbb is much smaller than mbb in terms of fan size. Relative demographics though would be an interesting question. I would speculate the following'

1. WBB fans are in general older. Perhaps by a significant number of years on average.

2. WBB fans are more diverse.

3. In person attendance WBB have smaller groups by that I mean single or pairs compared to MBB who attend in larger groups.

4. MBB are overall more knowledgeable about the X's and O's of the game.

 

[cockhrnleghrn]

Interesting question. We know for sure wbb is much smaller than mbb in terms of fan size. Relative demographics though would be an interesting question. I would speculate the following'

1. WBB fans are in general older. Perhaps by a significant number of years on average.

2. WBB fans are more diverse.

3. In person attendance WBB have smaller groups by that I mean single or pairs compared to MBB who attend in larger groups.

4. MBB are overall more knowledgeable about the X's and O's of the game.

I definitely agree with the first 3, but I'm not sure about number 4. The argument was made that it would be more expensive to stay in larger cities, but you'd save money on getting there. I think it would be a wash in terms of total cost.