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Message: [QUOTE="Hoo's That, post: 2981910, member: 3609"] You're highlighting the difference between the NCAA's product marketing strategy and the NBA's. When free agency started the mass migration of players Larry O'Brien and the NBA's marketers made the conscious decision to emphasize the players as the product in their marketing strategy. I know it's a joke, but "How many teams as LeBron James not played for?" The NCAA has, does, and will only market the schools (teams) as their product because, rightly or wrongly, they believe the teams advance in the tournament not players, otherwise we'd be having another week of the Zion-fest. It's also an argument against the points made in the "pay the players" lawsuit. "You got to be a star because of the synergy of the team." [/QUOTE]