March Madness moving to April?

[Heatles]

Saw an article that the NCAA is discussing moving the NCAA tournament from March to April/May. Another sport trying not to compete with the NFL apparently. But wouldn't it compete with the NBA/NHL playoffs? Not sure how that would work out.

 I'm not a fan of this move as I'm so used to March being the month for college basketball. But if they do move it to April/May and I go to Vegas for the tourney, one advantage would be that the hotel pools will be open unlike in March.

[Dave Gray]

I saw them discussing this on PTI and if I understood it correctly, it wasn't the tourney that they were worried about.  It did fine.  It was the lead-up of the season.  That's competing with too many other things and it would move the season farther into April with the tournament potentially in early May.  I think the main idea is to move the regular season away from the NFL playoff run.

I don't really watch any regular season college B-Ball and doubt I would if it were moved, but I do like the Tournament.

[Fau Teixeira]

I love basketball but college bball is just boring  compared to NBA, I just can't bring myself to watch it.

[MikeO]

Not happening. Was an idea kicked around but it was shot down this morning

http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/march-madness-wont-be-overtaken-by-april-anxiety-but-what-if-it-was.html

[MikeO]

I love basketball but college bball is just boring  compared to NBA, I just can't bring myself to watch it.

College Basketball is so much better because the players on the court actually care. Unlike the NBA where the players mail it in most nights and don't give max effort. In college the kids play hard every night every game

[Fau Teixeira]

i don't buy that for a bit .. it's like saying college football players care more and nfl players mail it in for a paycheck ..

1 - that's BS .. when tim tebow can dominate and then blow chunks in the nfl, you know the level of competition you're playing against
2 - i'd rather not watch or support the exploitation of teenagers to support the highest paid state paid employees and their child raping athletic directors.

[Spider-Dan]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the NBA does not start their season in late November/early December and play through August.  I mean, for the NHL it makes sense (ice hockey is a winter sport), but we're not in the 1960s anymore and baseball is not some sort of juggernaut that needs to be avoided.

In my perfect world, the NBA and NFL seasons would be scheduled to run back-to-back.

[MikeO]

i don't buy that for a bit .. it's like saying college football players care more and nfl players mail it in for a paycheck ..

1 - that's BS .. when tim tebow can dominate and then blow chunks in the nfl, you know the level of competition you're playing against

NFL and NBA are very different. NFL you only have 16 games, only 16 chances for a player to prove his worth. NBA has 82 regular season games, throw in preseason and playoffs and its like a 100 game a year season, players can take nights off and weeks off and it's not the end of the world. They can dog it. In the NFL you dog it you don't get paid. All eyes are on all games in the NFL. Not the case in the NBA.

Horrible example you made.

2 - i'd rather not watch or support the exploitation of teenagers to support the highest paid state paid employees and their child raping athletic directors.

Little rough to call all AD child rapists. Not to mention totally false

[MikeO]

For the life of me, I cannot understand why the NBA does not start their season in late November/early December and play through August.  I mean, for the NHL it makes sense (ice hockey is a winter sport), but we're not in the 1960s anymore and baseball is not some sort of juggernaut that needs to be avoided.

In my perfect world, the NBA and NFL seasons would be scheduled to run back-to-back.

The best regular seasons the NBA have ever had is when they are strike shortened and start their season on Christmas Day. Reduce the regular season and makes their regular season games actually meaningful.  Start every regular season on Christmas and end in mid April. Shorten the season make the regular season have value.

[ArtieChokePhin]

2 - i'd rather not watch or support the exploitation of teenagers to support the highest paid state paid employees and their child raping athletic directors.

Where did this horseshit statement come from?

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

NFL and NBA are very different. NFL you only have 16 games, only 16 chances for a player to prove his worth. NBA has 82 regular season games, throw in preseason and playoffs and its like a 100 game a year season, players can take nights off and weeks off and it's not the end of the world. They can dog it. In the NFL you dog it you don't get paid. All eyes are on all games in the NFL. Not the case in the NBA.

Horrible example you made.

I agree the other differences are
a higher % of nba teams make the playoffs and there is less benefit to a higher seed so as long as you are above the cut it doesn't matter
Bad nfl teams (other than the colts) don't tank the season for a better draft pick

[Heatles]

The best regular seasons the NBA have ever had is when they are strike shortened and start their season on Christmas Day. Reduce the regular season and makes their regular season games actually meaningful.  Start every regular season on Christmas and end in mid April. Shorten the season make the regular season have value.

Totally agree. Shorten the season to about 50 games and move the season up to start in December. The first week of NBA basketball is fun because it's a new season but after the "newness" wears off the sport doesn't get exciting again until the spring.

I've always thought they should move toward a schedule mirroring college basketball. Each team plays one game during the week and then one game during the weekend. On the weekend it can mirror a football Sunday. Games at 1 and 4, then a premier game Sunday night. Always thought that would be interesting.

[Dave Gray]

Where did this horseshit statement come from?

I believe it's a combination of dissatisfaction with what the NCAA is, namely 1) getting incredibly rich off the hard work of student athletes, while not giving them anything remotely close to the market value of their worth and 2) Penn State covering up a pederast scandal so that they could keep winning football games.

[MikeO]

I believe it's a combination of dissatisfaction with what the NCAA is, namely 1) getting incredibly rich off the hard work of student athletes, while not giving them anything remotely close to the market value of their worth and 2) Penn State covering up a pederast scandal so that they could keep winning football games.

1) That's a Penn St problem, can't pin it on EVERY AD across the country 

2) I always laugh when people get mad at the NCAA. No high school kid is "forced" to go play for the NCAA or a college. If you don't like the NCAA system, don't go! It's not a god given right to play college football or basketball. You know the system and how it is set up, nobody is forcing any high school kid to sign the scholarship. If a high school student feels so strongly against the NCAA system, don't go. Find another line of work, go to school just as a student and pay your own way, or if you are a superstar athlete with an opportunity go play overseas or something.  But when you sign up to play a college sport to then complain and bitch the moment after you sign up about the way the system is set up, that's on you! Nobody forced you to sign up to play in college. You don't have to be a college athlete.   It's like someone signing up for the Army and then complaining they get sent to a war-zone to fight in battle. You signed up for it, you knew the deal before hand!  Such an entitlement society we have today. Kids sign a college scholarship and then want to change the way the system is run. If you don't like the system, don't be a part of it!

[Heatles]

I believe it's a combination of dissatisfaction with what the NCAA is, namely 1) getting incredibly rich off the hard work of student athletes, while not giving them anything remotely close to the market value of their worth and 2) Penn State covering up a pederast scandal so that they could keep winning football games.

Louisville has closed some of that market value gap by providing their students with free strippers and hookers. I wonder if I have any eligibility left?