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Message: [QUOTE="KnightBridgeAZ, post: 4276338, member: 591"] Yes, I just read the history of the NIT. Fascinating. The NCAA purchased it because they were being sued on an anti-trust basis (that, by expanding the field and forcing teams to play in the NCAA Tournament they were illegally acting against the NIT) and having lost 2 previous lawsuits (only one about assistant coach salaries did I know about) they opted to settle and purchased it. As I saw noted somewhere, TV revenue probably pays much of what the NCAA does for the schools. The NIT gets decent coverage on TV. To the extent it is inequitable, yes, it is. Unfortunately, it is owned by a private company, as noted. How, exactly, legally, do you force a private company to use funds it doesn't have to benefit the participating teams? And I don't think the NCAA can be forced to operate a WNIT that features 28 of the 63 games having less than 1000 fans and only 6 games whose attendance exceeded the worst attended NCAA session (excluding First Four). I'm all for equity, but not sure of the practicality here. [/QUOTE]