Bubble Watch: Stanford 70, Arizona St. 61 Final
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And they say they want to expand the field to add more teams. No more than the field of 65 deserves to get in.
It's not like they can cram more games onto TV with the current contract. So, there will be a buy out. ESPN will get it. We'll get the same coverage CBS gave us on ESPN. ESPN2 will show a prime time game, and ESPNU will show some afternoon stuff. They'll up their rates because they'll have to cover the cost of the bid. DirecTVs March Madness package will go up. Advertising prices will go up.
The NCAA will make a crap ton of money off this, and then because they care so much for the student athlete, they'll sell licenses for video games, apparel, etc. to make even more money off of them all while making sure they don't get even one extra pair of Reeboks.
The NCAA will make a crap ton of money off this, and then because they care so much for the student athlete, they'll sell licenses for video games, apparel, etc. to make even more money off of them all while making sure they don't get even one extra pair of Reeboks.
which is a plus. And it will be full of the games that are fun, smaller decently matched teams battling and hustling and fighting for wins. The 16 vs 1 matchups will be the second weekend, as the top 32 or whatever will likely get byes. I can dig it.
There are endless sources of money in a real playoff system for football even with a much smaller field than the basketball tourney.
as I am the true motivation behind it. They will spit up some drivel about how it's good for the Universities, good for the players, good for everyone, etc. However, when there really is something that is good for the Universities, good for the players, good for everyone that they can't make money off of, they throw out the tired "looking out for the student athlete" argument.
In other words, the NCAA's line of thinking is if they can't exploit the athletes and Universities for more huge sums of money, then It must be bad for the athletes and the Universities.
In other words, the NCAA's line of thinking is if they can't exploit the athletes and Universities for more huge sums of money, then It must be bad for the athletes and the Universities.