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Sun Mar 24, 2013, 04:10 PM Mar 2013

10 Things NCAA Basketball Won't Tell You

http://articles.marketwatch.com/2013-03-22/finance/37929810_1_march-madness-ad-prices-athletics-program

The 10 items, in a nutshell (click at the link for details):

1) We're the reason nobody got anything done last week.
2) We make loads of money. . .
3) . . .but not for your alma mater.
4) We dominate college budgets.
5) For student-athletes, this is a full-time job (without pay).
6) Our players might not graduate.
7) We can't get rid of agents.
8) Forget tickets - it's hotel rooms that are tough to get.
9) "Cinderella story"? That's a fairy tale.
10) Pity the away team.

http://articles.marketwatch.com/2013-03-22/finance/37929810_1_march-madness-ad-prices-athletics-program
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