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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4345294, member: 44"] How much do the Cinderella fans really care about their programs, in the context that you were talking about? Do they have media deals? Is that an indicator of the perception of the strengths of their fandom? Now, look at the vast majority of the high majors and particularly the P2 schools. What is their level of fan intensity? I don’t know what the value is of “oh look St. Mary’s is having a run, isn’t that nice?” Versus the day in, day out intensity of, say, a Michigan fan. If, say, 20% of the people in the country bring 90% of the viewership value to watching college sports, is it a better investment to target that 20% or to take a shotgun approach trying to get the remaining 10% of viewership? (60 is probably too low number, but 80 to 90 schools, might be the sweet spot.) Keep in mind, also, that a P2 owned tournament wouldn’t necessarily have to exclude the rest of the schools. They could invite other schools to participate. If the P2 tournament payment was greater than the NCAA tournament payment, schools would pick it over the NCAA, and the NCAA would go the way of the NIT. [/QUOTE]