2023 NCAA-T Generated $900M Revenue

[LonghornsGamecocks]

And this 2011 South Park clip is still funny as hell and still mostly on the nose.

The Money Behind the March Madness NCAA Basketball Tournament

Between media, marketing, broadcasting, ticket sales, gambling and the rest, billions of dollars change hands.

finance.yahoo.com

 

[atl-cock]

It's amazing that the NCAA gives up all of that potential revenue to the bowls in D-I football.

 

[LonghornsGamecocks]

It's amazing that the NCAA gives up all of that potential revenue to the bowls in D-I football.

And the CFP. You're right. And they might just lose it all over their multi generational mismanagement of football

 

[atl-cock]

And the CFP. You're right. And they might just lose it all over their multi generational mismanagement of football

Here are links to a couple of articles by Yahoo! Sports Columnist Dan Wetzel. The first, from 2009, I've posted on FGF before, and I belive that while the schools and conferences may have changed, the concept is still very much relevant.

Wetzel's playoff plan: Money talks


And from 2012

The BCS finally has a stake driven through its heart, but the bowls and the big bucks still reign