NCAA approves paying women's basketball tourney teams

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- 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.

The unanimous vote by NCAA membership, which was met by a round of applause, was the final step toward a pay structure for women playing in March Madness after the Division I Board of Governors voted unanimously for the proposal in August.

NCAA president Charlie Baker joined others in giving credit for the creation of a performance fund to those who came before and helped build women's basketball.

"We're the lucky ones," Baker said. "We got to be here on the day it became a reality."

Now comes more work to continue investing in women's basketball to grow the sport even more.


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