Reffing women's basketball

[Mark Dexter]

Originally posted by womens_hoops

I'm not totally sure about that (I'm actually a lawyer), and I'm not sure what civil rights law would be applicable.

You would think that if colleges can legally pay men's coaches more than women's coaches (which they can), then they can also pay men's refs more than women's refs.

But maybe they just don't, for whatever reason.

Colleges and HS aside, I assume that there's a huge pay disparity between WNBA and NBA refs. Anyone know? [/B]

I think the main reason for being paid the same is obviously the conference rules (which generally set pay rates for officials - at least at the major conference level). That said, I think there's a much better argument that the jobs of men's and women's officials are the same than saying the jobs of men's and women's coaches are the same.

**Correction/Letal Revelation** - Perhaps you could back me up on this one, womens_hoops - pay parity laws would require that a male or female working the same level would have to be paid the same, and doesn't apply to the gender of the job. (A little bit of introduction to Title IX in soc. classes can be a dangerous thing. :-p)