Reffing women's basketball

[ChuckElias]

Originally posted by BktBallRef
I have a friend that I got into basketball officiating about 15 years ago. He camped his butt off and works some mid-major women's conferences now. He tells me that some of the conferences pay up to 50% more for men's games. That's based on what he makes versus what some friends in the men's program have told him.

Is it possible that the difference in fee is not b/c of the gender of games, but b/c of the "tiered" pay scale in many D1 conferences?

What I mean is, maybe it's not 50% more for men's games than women's games; maybe it's 50% more for a 5th year official in the conference than for a 1st year official in the conference.