The article discusses the significant changes in the NCAA women's basketball tournament, emphasizing that for the first time, teams will receive financial compensation for their participation. With each game played earning a unit for their conferences, this advancement marks a vital step toward equality in sports. Coaches and players express the importance of equal treatment and the impact of previous advocacy efforts like Sedona Prince's viral video. This year's tournament presents a new level of recognition and equity that was previously missing for women's teams.
Columbia reached the tournament last year, but neither the Lions nor the Ivy League received money for the appearance.
Each women's team in the tournament will get a "unit" -- money that is paid to conferences when one of its teams appears in the NCAA tournament.
It should be this way. We should be able to fly charter. We are all playing in the same March Madness.
You got to start somewhere, and I think we've been so far behind. This is more like the whipped cream. I think the cherry on top is going to keep coming.
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