Can you say FUCK YES! ABOUT TIME!

[indyfrisco]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5125307

CBS, Turner win TV rights to tourneyEmail Print Comments 179Share90 retweet 198Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA is on the verge of expanding the men's basketball tournament from 65 to 68 teams beginning next year and has a new, $10.8 billion TV deal that will allow it to show every game live.

The NCAA said Thursday that the Division I Men's Basketball Committee unanimously passed the proposal and it will now be reviewed by the Board of Directors on April 29.

The NCAA also said it reached a new, 14-year agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. that is worth more than $10.8 billion. The deal, which runs from 2011 through 2024, will show every game live across four national networks for the first time.

I could give a shit about going to 68 teams. What I am thrilled about is all the games will be shown live. I have 3 DVRs in the house. I can record and watch every damn game I please. I'm curious though, Turner Broadcasting System has TBS and TNT. Do they have any other channels currently? Because TBS, TNT and CBS account for only 3 of the 4 games that go on simultaneously in the first round.

[King Crimson]

"How critical is the deal to the NCAA? More than 95 percent of the governing body's total revenue comes from the broadcast rights to the men's basketball tournament."

95% of the NCAA's revenue comes from the hoops tournament.....so this makes the lack of a football playoff even more baffling.

[Goober McTuber]

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/news/story?id=5125307

CBS, Turner win TV rights to tourneyEmail Print Comments 179Share90 retweet 198Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA is on the verge of expanding the men's basketball tournament from 65 to 68 teams beginning next year and has a new, $10.8 billion TV deal that will allow it to show every game live.

The NCAA said Thursday that the Division I Men's Basketball Committee unanimously passed the proposal and it will now be reviewed by the Board of Directors on April 29.

The NCAA also said it reached a new, 14-year agreement with CBS Sports and Turner Broadcasting System Inc. that is worth more than $10.8 billion. The deal, which runs from 2011 through 2024, will show every game live across four national networks for the first time.

I could give a shit about going to 68 teams. What I am thrilled about is all the games will be shown live. I have 3 DVRs in the house. I can record and watch every damn game I please. I'm curious though, Turner Broadcasting System has TBS and TNT. Do they have any other channels currently? Because TBS, TNT and CBS account for only 3 of the 4 games that go on simultaneously in the first round.

Turner Classic Movies.

[indyfrisco]

When I posted the article originally, above was all that was in the article. Now, they have added to the article. Seems there is a channel I have never heard of called truTV which will be the 4th to carry the games.

[Goober McTuber]

They also own the Cartoon Network. That would be perfect for the first round if/when they go to 96 teams.

[King Crimson]

When I posted the article originally, above was all that was in the article. Now, they have added to the article. Seems there is a channel I have never heard of called truTV which will be the 4th to carry the games.

I read on a different board that truTV is what Court TV used to be. don't know if that's the case.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Unbelievable. Not only did they NOT fuck it up beyond belief like most expected, they actually improved it. I'm in total shock.

[TheJON]

"How critical is the deal to the NCAA? More than 95 percent of the governing body's total revenue comes from the broadcast rights to the men's basketball tournament."

95% of the NCAA's revenue comes from the hoops tournament.....so this makes the lack of a football playoff even more baffling.

No it doesn't. They are different sports. The NCAA gets so much money from the BCS revenue that there's no need for a playoff. I can assure you the NCAA has done the math and figured they are making more with the current system. The ONLY thing the NCAA cares about is money, so why would anyone think that they would make more money with a playoff system? If they could, there would be one.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

No it doesn't. They are different sports. The NCAA gets so much money from the BCS revenue that there's no need for a playoff.

Do you mean BCS revenue or bowl game revenue? Because there's no reason you can't incorporate the BCS into a playoff.

[TheJON]

I have 3rd hand info, but I trust my 2nd hand info came from a credible person. I was told about a year ago that the NCAA's advisors had run the math on this and are confident that the NCAA and the participating schools would generate far more revenue with the current bowl/BCS system than switching to a playoff.

The reason? They would lose the BCS and that revenue and they would also lose millions of dollars in TV revenue from the lesser bowls because there would be less interest in them. We may think that there's no reason to not incorporate a playoff within the BCS, but the BCS committee is probably opposed to doing that.

I'm telling you, if the NCAA felt they would make more with a playoff we would have one. No doubt about that.

[Terry in Crapchester]

Good news that they finally got all the first round games on this year. And going to 68 doesn't fuck things up nearly as much as going to 96 would have. Some tweaking of the tourney was more or less mandatory, given the need to get an auto bid to the Great West Conference.

Let's hope they do the right thing and make the play-in game between 16 and 17 seeds, rather than for the final at-large bid in each regional.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I was told about a year ago that the NCAA's advisors had run the math on this and are confident that the NCAA and the participating schools would generate far more revenue with the current bowl/BCS system than switching to a playoff.

The reason? They would lose the BCS and that revenue and they would also lose millions of dollars in TV revenue from the lesser bowls because there would be less interest in them.

And how did they determine there would be less interest in them? As we stand right now, the "lesser" bowl games serve merely as consolations. That wouldn't change at all under a playoff system. They'd still be meaningless consolation games. Is there a mathematical formula that determines fan interest/revenue under different scenarios? Sounds like they're operating more on belief than any hard number crunching.