March Madness will pay women’s teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

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NEW YORK — The NCAA took a major step toward equity for its March Madness women’s basketball tournament on Wednesday, announcing that competing teams will be paid revenue-sharing units this year for the first time. The decision was approved unanimously by the NCAA membership at its annual convention in Nashville, addressing a major disparity between the men’s and women’s tournaments that was highlighted bythe  2021 Kaplan Report. Men’s basketbal…

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March Madness will pay women’s teams under new structure OK’d by NCAA

Now, so-called performance units that represent revenue will be given to women’s teams playing in the tournament. A team that reaches the Final Four could bring its conference roughly $1.26 million over the next three years.

March Madness will pay women’s teams under new structure approved by NCAA

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Women's basketball teams finally will be paid for playing games in the NCAA Tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention.

NCAA approves paying women's tourney teams

Women's basketball teams will be paid for playing games in the NCAA tournament each March just like the men have for years under a plan approved Wednesday at the NCAA convention.

March Madness will pay women's teams under a new structure approved by the NCAA

The NCAA approves a pay structure for women's basketball teams in March Madness, marking a significant step toward gender equity.