NCAA will now pay teams in its women's basketball tournament

NCAA will finally pay women's basketball teams for NCAA tournament games
Women's units will be worth far less, with a total of $15 million being awarded to NCAA tournament teams in 2025. The money will come from the women's basketball media revenue dea
NCAA will now pay teams in its women’s basketball tournament, too
The organization approved “performance units” for women’s teams participating in March Madness after years of only paying men’s programs.
Women’s teams will join men in getting paid for March Madness games, NCAA votes
Beginning with the 2025 NCAA Tournament, women’s college basketball will finally receive financial “units,” just as the men’s teams have for years. Units are multi-million dollar payments the NCAA awards to conferences based on the number of games a given team plays in the March Madness tournament.
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The move brings a level of parity with the men’s tournament and adds an incentive for schools to invest in their programs to an even greater extent.
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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
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In a historic vote Wednesday at the NCAA convention in Nashville, the organization approved a plan to pay women's basketball teams for making the NCAA Tournament. Men's basketball teams have been reaping the benefits of the same revenue sharing plan for many years.
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