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NCAA CONSIDERS ENDING BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

Syracuse, NY (UT) - The NCAA is reportedly deciding this week whether
or not to eliminate its annual postseason tournament.

The change was considered after an independent commission released a
report last week that scathed the NCAA playoff system. Numerous
reasons were cited, including insufficient study time and overall
fairness.

"I hope they do decide to do away with it," said commission
chairperson Bobby Spurrier during a recent interview, "March Madness
is exactly that. It is madness, and it is patently unfair. Traditional
basketball powers like Kentucky, Duke, and Kansas will always be finishing in the Top 16, resulting in an unequal distribution of additional revenues to
those schools. Smaller colleges like Boise State and Utah cannot compete."

The tournament's length was also a point of contention. "It can take
up to a month of class time away from the student-athletes," said
sports psychologist Dr. Einhart Biggelsworth. "Who knows what long term
effects this could lead to?"

The commission contends that NCAA basketball should instead follow college football's example and institute a series of bowl games. "They could be held in any number of stadiums or arenas around the country," Spurrier said. "The college bowl system is a well-established institution in this country. We believe that it is far more preferable and equitable to have each college play only one post-season game rather than six. Plus under a bowl system the smaller institutions would receive post-season revenue, as long as they finished with a winning record. And as college football has quite clearly shown, with the addition of the Bowl Championship Series you are guaranteed to have a national champion."

Actually, that last part should be taken somewhat seriously, in part;
get rid of the tournaments below the NIT, and replace then with a
group of four-team mini-tournaments hosted by one of the four schools.
It gives the seniors one last hurrah, and might even make some money
for the schools involved.

But I can't believe everybody missed the big story yesterday: in order
to comply with Title IX without having to go through the bother of the
women's tournament, the NCAA has announced that all basketball games
will be co-ed.  Not that women and men will play together, mind you,
but that women will play two 15-minute quarters, and then men will
play two 15-minute quarters, or vice versa (the home team gets the
choice, which is important as the sex that plays the second half also
plays any overtime periods; on a neutral court, the women go first).

Actually, that last part should be taken somewhat seriously, in part;
get rid of the tournaments below the NIT, and replace then with a
group of four-team mini-tournaments hosted by one of the four schools.
It gives the seniors one last hurrah, and might even make some money
for the schools involved.

But I can't believe everybody missed the big story yesterday: in order
to comply with Title IX without having to go through the bother of the
women's tournament, the NCAA has announced that all basketball games
will be co-ed.  Not that women and men will play together, mind you,
but that women will play two 15-minute quarters, and then men will
play two 15-minute quarters, or vice versa (the home team gets the
choice, which is important as the sex that plays the second half also
plays any overtime periods; on a neutral court, the women go first).

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I'm waiting for some big fat frat boi to sue so he can get a cheerleading
scholly.

--Tedward

Actually, that last part should be taken somewhat seriously, in part;
get rid of the tournaments below the NIT, and replace then with a
group of four-team mini-tournaments hosted by one of the four schools.
It gives the seniors one last hurrah, and might even make some money
for the schools involved.

But I can't believe everybody missed the big story yesterday: in order
to comply with Title IX without having to go through the bother of the
women's tournament, the NCAA has announced that all basketball games
will be co-ed.  Not that women and men will play together, mind you,
but that women will play two 15-minute quarters, and then men will
play two 15-minute quarters, or vice versa (the home team gets the
choice, which is important as the sex that plays the second half also
plays any overtime periods; on a neutral court, the women go first).

-----

I'm waiting for some big fat frat boi to sue so he can get a cheerleading
scholly.

--Tedward

Er, you are aware that there are co-ed teams that compete at national
cheerleading championships, right?  (At collegiate level, I think each
team is expected to bring its own spotters, which are almost
invariably male.)

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<Er, you are aware that there are co-ed teams that compete at national
<cheerleading championships, right?  (At collegiate level, I think each
<team is expected to bring its own spotters, which are almost
<invariably male.)

I yam aware that there is much sillyness regarding Title X or IX or
whatever the hell it is.

--Tedward