[crackpot]

The ESPN article on this topic says that, through 2012, MBB and WBB NCAA tournament referees were paid the same, but then, as MBB conference referees started getting paid more by the conferences, the NCAA upped its pay for MBB tournament referees to keep pace, leading to a pay differential between MBB and WBB tournament referees. What the NCAA is doing now is certainly the right thing to do. But this story begs the question: is there a pay differential between referees for MBB and WBB in the conferences? And there are a lot more conference games than NCAA tournament games.

Might explain why the men's refs are so much better.

[crackpot]

The ESPN article on this topic says that, through 2012, MBB and WBB NCAA tournament referees were paid the same, but then, as MBB conference referees started getting paid more by the conferences, the NCAA upped its pay for MBB tournament referees to keep pace, leading to a pay differential between MBB and WBB tournament referees. What the NCAA is doing now is certainly the right thing to do. But this story begs the question: is there a pay differential between referees for MBB and WBB in the conferences? And there are a lot more conference games than NCAA tournament games.

Might explain why the men's refs are so much better.