It would be funny how intent the NCAA seems to be on showing how little it respects Division I women's basketball players if it weren't so damn insulting to those same women, not to mention the coaches and staff that together dedicate their lives to getting to the national championship tournament.
Because at this point, after days of backlash not just from those student athletes but from retired Hall of Fame coaches, sports icons, and current coaches who were Hall of Famers as players, and not just excuses from NCAA leadership but continued slights, there's no assumption to make besides this all being intentional.