April 07, 2004

NIT is to sue the NCAA.: Organizers of the NIT are suing because they think the NCAA violates anti-trust laws by requiring teams to compete in the NCAA basketball tournament, if invited.

posted by jasonspaceman to basketball at 08:51 AM - 3 comments

If forks was around, he would ask NIT: legit tournament or fun for the losers?

posted by jasonspaceman at 08:53 AM on April 07, 2004

It strikes at the heart of an event that accounts for about 95 percent of the NCAA's revenue. ! I may be too young to remember the post-season NIT ever meaning fuck-all, but this seems pretty silly. I have a very difficult time seeing why a team would elect to forgo the NCAA tourney in favor of the NIT. Yeah, the article cites the Al McGuire incident in 1970 but that seems like more of a hissy-fit than anything else. Teams and players have a single end-goal at the end of the year, and it isn't the NIT. I'll be a bit surprised if this gets past the Summary Judgment stage.

posted by Ufez Jones at 09:32 AM on April 07, 2004

This fork says fun for the losers

posted by jmd82 at 11:28 AM on April 07, 2004

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