Some real reason women athletes get paid less, are because their leagues make less, and they tend to get a lower percentage of their league's profits.
Women's leagues make less money, because their "dollars paid per minutes of game viewership generated" are not as good as other leagues. In short, the viewership is undervalued.
Whoever at ESPN negotiated this deal is a genius. They got women's college bball included in the big bargain basket of sports? Really?😮