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The N.C.A.A. Wants More Money From TV. Maxing That Out Could Prove Tricky.

Many college sports championships, including the marquee women’s basketball tournament, have been sold as a bundle. The prospect of selling separately raises questions for dozens of sports.

A record number of fans watched Louisiana State win the N.C.A.A. Division I women’s basketball title this year.Credit...Maddie Meyer/Getty Images

Updated 8:58 a.m. ET

For more than 20 years, fans of college sports like softball, baseball, women’s basketball and more than two dozen others have known just where to find N.C.A.A. championships — on ESPN’s spectrum of channels.

The arrangement has worked well for both parties: The N.