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Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA
Theoretically perhaps, not so sure in practice.
I mean, are the 64 megas willing to forego things like the NCAA basketball tournament (and it's 98% of all revenue produced by the NCAA) for a much shorter national tournament and the reduced revenue?
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Well, the revenue from the tournament comes from those 64 teams being in the tournament. With the NCAA only handing back a miniscule percentage of the money to the schools that earn it, those schools could have their own tournament, sell it to tv for half the rights fees, and still get more tournament revenue per school.