re: How much money would someone have to pay you to watch women’s basketball?

I covered it for years. I enjoyed watching it at its most elite level because the elite teams back in those days played an old-school, fundamental style that men’s teams no longer played, and it was refreshing to see. The SEC women’s tournament was always one of my favorite assignments.

But here’s the deal: Once you got past the elite level, it could get very painful. Root canal without anesthesia painful. It was either/or, there was no in between when it came to women’s basketball.