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Title: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: pike on March 29, 2011, 08:03:34 PM: Just started

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Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: goldenticket on March 29, 2011, 08:47:14 PM: doh. i meant to catch that
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: Cire on March 29, 2011, 08:48:08 PM: Series recording
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Post by: ednksu on March 29, 2011, 08:49:39 PM: good little story. I hope the class action plaintiffs win.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: pike on March 29, 2011, 08:51:53 PM: The head of the NCAA dude said that 90% of their revenue comes from march madness. That like, blew a fuse in my mind because I don't think that could be true. Dax :runaway:? Anyway, the rest of the show didn't make sense because of my blown fuse.

Edit: That is if I heard the guy correctly.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: EMAWzified on March 29, 2011, 08:54:26 PM: Dax and beams sparred on this last summer. Yes, 90 percent of the NCAA's money as an organization is from the tournament. Football makes much more money for the member institutions and the bowls, not the NCAA, get the post-season bling.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: pike on March 29, 2011, 08:55:26 PM: Quote from: EMAWzified on March 29, 2011, 08:54:26 PM
Dax and beams sparred on this last summer. Yes, 90 percent of the NCAA's money as an organization is from the tournament. Football makes much more money for the member institutions and the bowls, not the NCAA, get the post-season bling.

It all makes sense now. Thx
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: Clevey 2 Times on March 30, 2011, 12:11:41 AM: Quote from: pike on March 29, 2011, 08:55:26 PM
Quote from: EMAWzified on March 29, 2011, 08:54:26 PM
Dax and beams sparred on this last summer. Yes, 90 percent of the NCAA's money as an organization is from the tournament. Football makes much more money for the member institutions and the bowls, not the NCAA, get the post-season bling.

It all makes sense now. Thx

Recent March Madness TV rights sold for something like 10 billion dollars....
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: jtksu on March 30, 2011, 12:37:44 AM: I knew the NCAA made a crap ton off MM but I didn't realize it was 90%.
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Post by: sonofdaxjones on March 30, 2011, 05:03:37 AM: Thus one of the reasons why I think the NCAA lets basketball cheating go on a lot more than football cheating. Football is dirty, basketball is downright corrupt.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: theKSU on March 30, 2011, 03:25:32 PM: I think most of the football money goes to the conferences, rather than the NCAA. That's probably why it's so hard to get a real championship in football.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: OK_Cat on March 30, 2011, 07:58:16 PM: Quote from: theKSU on March 30, 2011, 03:25:32 PM
I think most of the football money goes to the conferences, rather than the NCAA. That's probably why it's so hard to get a real championship in football.

football (the big boys division) is the only sport that the NCAA doesn't officially recognize a champion. just thought that was odd.
Title: Re: PBS Frontline about March madness and money
Post by: goldenticket on March 30, 2011, 08:28:35 PM: watch it online at http://video.pbs.org/video/1862426436 (http://video.pbs.org/video/1862426436)