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How much $$$ NCAA spent on softball vs baseball
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Yeah well, the bigger issue is that Omaha holds 25k while OKC holds around 13k.
And the 2021 WCWS tourney attracted ~1.2mm TV viewers; CWS was 775,000.
Yet the WCWS was sold to ESPN as part of a 12 sports bundle of women’s sports.
Baseball is a standalone contract.
NCAA has actively undermined softball and other women’s sports; the lack of equal investment is not accidental, nor the result of a lack of interest or viewership.
And the 2021 WCWS tourney attracted ~1.2mm TV viewers; CWS was 775,000.
Yet the WCWS was sold to ESPN as part of a 12 sports bundle of women’s sports.
Baseball is a standalone contract.
NCAA has actively undermined softball and other women’s sports; the lack of equal investment is not accidental, nor the result of a lack of interest or viewership.
Hanlon's razor probably applies here.
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For the record, I’m not shocked or outraged. I just thought it was interesting.
I just think NCAA has a gem in softball and I don’t think they realize what they have.
I just think NCAA has a gem in softball and I don’t think they realize what they have.
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Thank you! That's one of the best things I've seen on here in a long time.
It is surprising. Tells me that NCAA acts more like a bureaucracy than a true business. If it acted like a true business, it would put more effort into softball and the revenue available.
What is the money being spent on? Where does the $16 mil and $6 mil go?
I'm pro-softball, but when you start talking about 'per athlete,' baseball players get less scholarship money per athlete than softball players. I'm not using that to argue that things are equitable, but I don't think 'per athlete' is what's most important here. It's more about whether softball is getting a fair share of the revenue it generates.
I'm pro-softball, but when you start talking about 'per athlete,' baseball players get less scholarship money per athlete than softball players. I'm not using that to argue that things are equitable, but I don't think 'per athlete' is what's most important here. It's more about whether softball is getting a fair share of the revenue it generates.
Am I reading this right: Baseball generates 7x the revenue as softball and its profit is $12.3 million (revenue minus expenses) compared to softball's $2.3 million?
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