Reffing women's basketball

[womens_hoops]

Originally posted by bannind
Schools have to pay the same for women's and men. I think that goes back to title 9.

I was actually wondering about that. Like at the college level, schools themselves are subject to Title IX, but the NCAA (for most purposes) is not, because it doesn't directly receive fed fund. I'm not sure about conferences. Who is it that actually pays the refs? Schools for non-conf games, conferences for conf games, and the NCAA for tourneys?

I assume there's a huge difference in the pay between NBA and WNBA refs. I had thought that NBA refs made a lot of money, like mid-six figures. The WNBA couldn't pay that much, in part because it would be about 10 times what the players make!