Maybe the networks need to reconsider when and what time they show the men's NCAA Final Four and Final games.
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-womens-ncaa-tournament-outshone-the-mens-but-it-got-99-less-tv-money-74806707?st=vcsy78e4ns1j1rs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
https://www.wsj.com/business/media/the-womens-ncaa-tournament-outshone-the-mens-but-it-got-99-less-tv-money-74806707?st=vcsy78e4ns1j1rs&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
They should reconsider this, AND reconsider the college football national championship. Monday nights are just terrible. It's not bad for me, being on the West Coast, as they put it right in a convenient viewing window. But that means that all of you back east are screwed.
For CFB, it's a problem because you're up against the NFL, who starts playing Saturdays after the CFB regular season ends. But hell, make a deal with the NFL to carve out ONE time slot for the CFB national championship on the Saturday slate. It's only one day, and basically 4 hours. You already give them Sunday if it's New Years Day and play bowls on Jan 2 instead, so I'm sure they'd be willing to give up one time slot, one day a year.
But for NCAAM, I don't get it. You're not fighting any other sport on the weekend. Make the Final Four happen on Friday evening (when it's not a work night), and then do the championship on Sunday afternoon.
Heck, I've traditionally considered the CFP national championship a "I'll casually watch it when I'm not cooking/eating dinner" thing since it's irrelevant to Purdue, and I usually don't even bother watching the basketball tournament national championship because it's inconvenient on a Monday night. I'm sure I'd be more willing to invest time in both if they were on the weekend.