COLUMN | Why did NCAA bubble opportunities bust bracket?
Don’t let them fool you, bracket ‘opportunity’ argument is misdirection at best. Really, it's a lie. Money made them do it.
The bracket has officially been busted. Not an individual NCAA basketball bracket where you failed to pick the correct winners. It’s worse than that.
Every future bracket has been busted before the games are even played, because the powers that be will fail to select the right teams to participate in the first place. High school tennis boys Clyde's Aric Kauble on hunt for winning shots in final year The bracket familiar to me for my entire life included only teams which deserved to be there. The NCAA men’s and women’s tournaments will expand from 68 to 76 teams, starting next season.
The NCAA selection committee voted unanimously, which means the rest is a formality, unless the oversight committees surprisingly have a last-ditch say. What are we talking about when it comes to oversight? You’d think it would be oversight of universities, but everybody knows finances are the only consideration.
The system is off the rails when it comes to NIL access and distribution, unlimited transfers equating to permanent free agency and revenue sharing for athletes. The NCAA basketball tournament is one of the industry’s primary cash cows. So, it makes sense to add eight teams from a money standpoint.
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