Monday, April 4, 2016

NCAA Controversy

Throughout March and April the NCAA tournament is in full go.  Everyone is talking about it, and everyone is making bets on their brackets.  But with all of this excitement, there is also a little bit of controversy.  The NCAA is trying to find out new ways to make money, and one way is to expand the arena during the final four to an NFL stadium.  The NCAA is almost doubling their profit of ticket sales, because of how much bigger the NFL stadium is than a regular basketball gym.  But with this happening there is also a lot of people complaining about not being able to see the game.  With the seats being so expanded and so far away from the court fans have little to no visibility of what is happening during the game.

Not only this, but people are considering why the NCAA did not allow Louisville to play in the tournament but did allow UNC and Syracuse to play. All three of these teams were involved with cheating and the NCAA punished them accordingly.  The NCAA allowed Syracuse to play in the tournament but punished them by taking off 12 scholarships in their program.  On the other hand, UNC did just as much cheating as Syracuse but did not get any punishments.  People are saying the NCAA is doing this because UNC brings so much profit and without them in the tournament it would be a huge loss of profit, and the competition would not be the same.

 

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