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[QUOTE="HoustonCuse, post: 65456, member: 87"]
I really need someone to explain the economics of Football vs Basketball. I honestly do not understand why football makes so much more money. Basketball sells more tickets, has more TV games, thus more ad revenue, and has the second most important sports event in the USA with the tournament. The NCAA tournament is a billion-plus dollar event every single year. The final four this year will have attendance numbers in the mid 60 thousands per game. I just don't get it.

Didn't UConn lose something like $2 million by being in a BCS bowl last year??

The only rationalization I have for this is that the NCAA steals all the basketball tournament money (or 90% of it) and in football the bowl money goes directly to the schools (or in UConn's case, the BILL goes directly to the school)??

Someone please provide a coherent explanation of how football is not only "driving the bus" but is so much bigger than anything else that basketball is made the equivalent of bowling.
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