NCAA Tournament may cost employers $1.8B in lost work
Annual unscientific survey does not take into account that many employees who participate in office pools devote extra time
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NCAA plans to battle counterfeiters during the men’s Final Four
A National Collegiate Athletic Association posse will be supplemented by local police officers in search of unlicensed T-shirts
and other memorabilia.
Lawsuit could bring NCAA financials to light
Lawyers for former UCLA basketball player Ed O’Bannon are promising to expose financial information about NCAA’s licensing
contracts the NCAA would rather keep private.
Sources: NCAA talking to CBS, Turner Sports about hoops deal
CBS and Turner Sports are discussing a joint bid for the broadcast rights to the NCAA men’s basketball tournament rights if
the
NCAA decides to opt out of its current deal.
Could Jack Swarbrick be next NCAA president?
Lots of folks in Indianapolis law and sports circles think the Notre Dame athletic director is the right man to replace the
late Myles Brand. But what does Swarbrick think?
Rising pay for coaches puts pressure on athletic departments
A group of academics recently grilled the NCAA about what it plans to do to secure the future of more than three-fourths of
its largest members, whose athletic departments are hemorrhaging cash at a surprising rate.
Lucas Oil Stadium lease for Final Four is on CIB’s front burner
Greg Shaheen, NCAA senior vice president of basketball and business strategies, said the deal needs tweaking
because Lucas Oil Stadium was in the conceptual stages when Indianapolis won the bid to host the 2010
Final Four.
Still no lease deal done for 2010 Final Four
With less than three months until March Madness tips off, the NCAA and city’s Capital Improvement Board are still trying to work out a lease deal to hold the event at Lucas Oil Stadium April 3 and 5. The CIB’s overhaul is slowing talks, but the board’s new president promises to get the issue on the front burner.
Texas dethrones Notre Dame in Forbes’ football list
The Irish slip from the top spot on the latest Forbes survey, gauging the value of college football programs. Michigan tumbles
from No. 4 to No. 11.
Knight criticizes NCAA tourney expansion in local speech
In his first public appearance in Indiana since skipping his own induction into the Indiana University Hall of Fame last month,
former basketball coach Bob Knight criticized a proposed NCAA tournament expansion to 96 teams, saying nobody should get a bye in the
Big Dance.
Big Ten Conference ready to explore expansion
According to a statement released Tuesday afternoon, the Big Ten Council of Presidents/Chancellors “believes that the timing
is right for the conference to once again conduct a thorough evaluation of options for conference structure and expansion.”
IUPUI seeking funds from CIB to renovate Natatorium
IUPUI says it needs about $15 million to renovate the aging Natatorium swimming complex and wants the city’s Capital Improvement Board to fund part of the expense.
Basketball tournament expansion could pay off for NCAA
The NCAA might expand its annual men’s tournament from the current three-week, 65-team format
to one featuring an added week and a whopping 96 teams. Proponents of the plan say it will generate a bigger
television rights-fee deal for the not-for-profit NCAA, which disperses 95 percent of the income to member institutions.
NCAA discusses expanding basketball tournament
Talk of expanding the NCAA tournament is almost always done in public, most notably by Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim in 2006.
Now, the Indianapolis-based NCAA is looking into it behind closed doors—at least preliminarily.
NCAA, NBA launch iHoops to promote sport of basketball to future players, fans
One of the legacies left behind by the late NCAA President Myles Brand is a 10-person startup company tucked in a high-rise
office building in downtown Indianapolis that is just starting to make its mark on the basketball world.
Critics: NCAA’s reselling of suites out of sync with scalping ban
Lucas Oil Stadium suite holders are upset that the NCAA is taking their luxury boxes for the men’s basketball Final Four
in April and reselling them on the secondary—or scalpers—market.
NCAA approves $35M addition to Indianapolis headquarters
The NCAA executive committee on Thursday approved a $35 million addition to the governing body’s headquarters in White River
State Park in Indianapolis.
Circle City Classic must boost attendance, sponsorship revenue to survive
Dramatic decreases in sponsorship and ticket revenue this year and the recent resignation of the Circle City Classic’s
new executive director have some questioning if the event can survive. Now Classic leaders are considering a bevy of bold changes.
NCAA: Just 21 percent of athletic departments profitable
Most of the nation’s college athletic departments are still trying to get out of the red zone.
WNDY to broadcast 13 Butler games
Local TV station WNDY Channel 23 announced Friday that it will broadcast 13 Butler University men’s basketball games this
season, starting with the Bulldogs’ Nov. 21 game at the University of Evansville.