As I wrote when it started, I happen to love the first days of the NCAA tournament. I find them to be two of the best sports days on the calendar. I actually like the entire concept of the NCAA tournament. I think that having an open competition where everyone starts on (mostly) equal footing with an even chance to win is exactly what you want in college and amateur athletics. Now, sure, every year there is a team or two who can complain about being left out the brackets, but I've always felt that if you took care of your business during the regular season then you don't have anything to worry about. Besides, the teams who are borderline entries are rarely able to make deep runs anyway. Basically, the tournament is as close to perfect as we can get in college sports today... which is why it is so terrible that the NCAA Presidents seem determined to mess it up.
Currently there is a proposal to expand the tournament to 96 teams, which would give the top eight seeds in every bracket a bye and would expand the tournament a couple extra days. On the surface there doesn't seem much wrong with this because it really just means more basketball for everyone. However, it is not like you are letting in more quality teams. All you are really doing is letting in a few more small schools be fodder for the high seeds and allowing more bad teams from major conferences to save face by saying they have made the NCAA tournament. Also, I don't like the higher seeds getting byes, because I feel like this gives them an unfair advantage with a couple extra days rest. Basically, they want to wreck what might be the best aspect of the sport. Plus, I just don't see why they are messing with a good thing when there are other things they should be addressing first. I have never heard a single complaint before this year or anyone calling to expand the tournament, but every year people complain about the BCS from August - January. The BCS remains, but they want to mess with the NCAA Tournament just to make even more money (none of which, by the way, would lower tuition costs). It is such a mistake which, sadly, makes it pretty much inevitable.
-I don't pretend to be a gun guy. I don't own a gun and can't see any reason that I would own a gun in the future. (Maybe if I got a sweet gun rack or something, but that seems unlikely.) The point is, I don't want one, but if you want a gun and you a licensed to carry in your state, then it is your right to have one. But with that being said: Shaun Rogers, if you have so many guns that you forget where they all are and accidentally try to bring one on a plane, then it may be time to take a step back and re-assess whether or not you own too many guns. Also, I would recommend taking a gun safety class as soon as you get out of jail.
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