There's been a lot of smoke on social media over the past few weeks about March Madness and how the money-hungry P5 schools will look to change it--expansion to include more P5 teams (because 8 or 9 teams from one conference isn't enough!); eliminating auto-bids for small conferences; etc.. This story just dropped that the SEC commissioner (who is one of the most powerful figures in college athletics) wants a "fresh look" at the NCAA basketball tournament:
https://www.si.com/college/2022/08/12/s ... -expansionThe tournament is one of the few things in all of sports that is near-perfect. It captivates the country for three weeks. It seems like it's the perfect size. The Cinderella stories become international sensations overnight. And yet, the "big guys" are "open to" changes...without giving sound reasons as to why there should be changes or what should change. They seem to be 'framing' it as "last teams in the tourney sometimes go far so there should be more teams in the tourney". But I think we can see through that...this is really going to be a money-grab to get more P5 schools in and push out the really small conferences from ever having a chance.
Not a surprise it's coming from from the commissioner of the conferences whose prized team got knocked out by a scrappy small-school 15 seed.