Final Four Teams Lose Money Each Year (Maybe)

THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS reports that Final Four teams lose six-figure sums of cash every year due to onerous fees and forced purchases while losing the chance at the best seats in the house, while the NCAA gives those to a ticket reselling Web site and splits the profits with the Web site. Thanks for bringing down the non-salary labor, schools!

Cash cow

North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Texas officials were pleased to speak on the record about being forced to pay for empty hotel rooms out by Hartford International Airport in Atlanta (four-night minimum) when hotels near the Georgia Dome cost less or how tickets once available to the schools now end up with RazorGator at a premium.

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