Major college conferences are facing pressure to equalize pay for men's and women's basketball referees. According to data on 15 Division 1 conferences obtained by AP, referees for men's games get 22% more, on average, than referees for women's games.
Dawn Staley, the head coach for the University of South Carolina Gamecocks — the women’s national champions — said referees on the men’s side should be “stepping up” and advocating for equal pay for women’s referees. “They don’t do anything different,” she said. “Why should our officials get paid less for taking the we give them?”
The Pac-12 paid referees equally a decade ago, but allowed a disparity to build over time, according to associate commissioner Teresa Gould. She said returning to equal pay is “the right thing to do.” All NCAA referees are independent contractors, with no union representing their interests, and all have to cover their own travel expenses.
Several conference commissioners said the men’s and women’s games do not generate equal amounts of revenue, and that the level of play is not equal, and so referee salaries are set accordingly.
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