The rich get richer, eh?
College athletics, long the haunt of elite programs where decades worth of heritage, recruiting imbalances, and more than a few shenanigans create a stranglehold on a particular sport, could be getting significantly more lopsided in favor of the big guys.*
We turn our attention to basketball, where Duke, UNC, Kansas, Kentucky and their like can soon book semi-permanent hotel rooms in Winston-Salem, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis and other near-home venues if the competition committee approves the most recent proposal by the ad hoc rules committee:
The top-seeded team in the NCAA tournament will get a say in where it opens up March Madness in the future.