was earning far less than it should for television rights to the women’s basketball tournament. An analysis, conducted as a part of the review, predicted that the contract to broadcast the women’s basketball tournament would be worth at least $85 million a year in 2025. currently values the television rights for the women’s tournament at less than $6 million a year. Tuesday’s report was a footnoted, detailed and widely anticipated reckoning for the N.C.A.A., which has spent years extolling its commitment to women’s athletics. But the report detailed one slight after another, and, more crucially for the future of the association, how the contracts that make the N.C.A.A.

Source: New York Times August 03, 2021 18:46 UTC