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<blockquote data-quote="ChiefGritty" data-source="post: 2058847" data-attributes="member: 746137"><p>We seem to broadly agree here and you obviously understand the background and mechanics of it all. But here's the difference.</p><p></p><p>Your logic:</p><p>1. The suits are making noise about expanding the tournament to get more TV money, THEREFORE</p><p>2. Change is necessary</p><p>3. The question is the most prudent way to implement the short-term money grab</p><p></p><p>My logic:</p><p>1. The NCAA tournament is a valuable TV property because it has gigantic viewership and is one of very few mainstream mass audience sporting events</p><p>2. The tournament's breakthrough mass appeal is based on the unique charm and chaos of the bracket pool, the overlapping games of the first weekend, and the Cinderella upsets my small schools no one has heard of.</p><p>3. Any alteration of that dynamic is a NEGATIVE to the financial and commercial potential of the competition REGARDLESS of what it means for the next round of TV contracts.</p><p></p><p>You're asking which hedge fund is the right one to sell the local newspaper to. It doesn't matter, it's all the same death. You're talking about bathwater as the baby slips through the drain.</p><p></p><p>And that's the reason for my initial comment. The savvy internet commenter tone is to treat whatever the moneyed power brokers want as inevitable and do discourse around the "smartest" way to implement it. But in this case taking that position is totally missing the point, and it's particularly frustrating because everyone always prefaces it with "I don't want tournament expansion, but".</p><p></p><p>No one wanting it IS the story here. THAT'S the savvy thing to know. The power brokers are wrong, and the whole industry is going to lose their shirts over it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ChiefGritty, post: 2058847, member: 746137"] We seem to broadly agree here and you obviously understand the background and mechanics of it all. But here's the difference. Your logic: 1. The suits are making noise about expanding the tournament to get more TV money, THEREFORE 2. Change is necessary 3. The question is the most prudent way to implement the short-term money grab My logic: 1. The NCAA tournament is a valuable TV property because it has gigantic viewership and is one of very few mainstream mass audience sporting events 2. The tournament's breakthrough mass appeal is based on the unique charm and chaos of the bracket pool, the overlapping games of the first weekend, and the Cinderella upsets my small schools no one has heard of. 3. Any alteration of that dynamic is a NEGATIVE to the financial and commercial potential of the competition REGARDLESS of what it means for the next round of TV contracts. You're asking which hedge fund is the right one to sell the local newspaper to. It doesn't matter, it's all the same death. You're talking about bathwater as the baby slips through the drain. And that's the reason for my initial comment. The savvy internet commenter tone is to treat whatever the moneyed power brokers want as inevitable and do discourse around the "smartest" way to implement it. But in this case taking that position is totally missing the point, and it's particularly frustrating because everyone always prefaces it with "I don't want tournament expansion, but". No one wanting it IS the story here. THAT'S the savvy thing to know. The power brokers are wrong, and the whole industry is going to lose their shirts over it. [/QUOTE]
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