--- "Benjamin J. Flickinger" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> As long as the 16 team tournament generates $$$, don't worry about it being
> reduced back to 12.

Fair 'nuf Ben.

It will be interesting to see what the figures are this year.  It's not at all clear to me that
the sixteen team tournament that will generate more revenue than the 12 team.  The big profit
comes from the FF, and that won't change at all.  As for the regionals, you have 50% more games,
but that could be more than offset by the fact that you have four venues instead of two.  I have
doubts that the Western Regionals make money as it is, and adding games may make actually increase
losses.

More cities get to host, but it's not as good a deal for the city -- instead of five or six teams'
fans eating, drinking, and staying in hotels, you have three or four.  If it were a good deal for
cities, then they wouldn't need to have the Western regionals at campus sites.

Clay

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