NIL Changed the NCAA Tournament, but Didn’t Ruin March Madness
Barring an especially exciting Final Four, the 2025 NCAA Tournament is destined to go down as the year March Madness became March Mundaneness. However, blaming NIL as the root cause of a relatively drama-free postseason may be misplaced. A Final Four featuring four No. 1 seeds has happened only once before—and, coincidentally, it was also…