“The Magnificent Three Hundred Forty Seven”

Written by Pat's Papers | Monday, 15 March 2010 6:17 AM


Writing about the NCAA Tournament, Wall Street Journal columnist Jason Gay asks why cap the number of participating teams at 96? Why not just let everybody in and call it the “Magnificent Three Hundred Forty Seven,” he suggests. Gay writes that the NCAA expansion “feels like another high-calorie, 21st-century supersize, when what sports really needs is to exercise some portion control.”

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