Example #2077 that no matter how much rosy narrative this is cloaked in that major college sports is transactional all the way down. Nobody willing to lace em up in hooville? I was actually excited to support them. Oh well…
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Gottlieb continuing to be good at getting into stories for weird reasons: Green Bay files waiver to play in The Basketball Tournament - ESPN
I appreciate them going for the “study abroad in the US” approach:
“When you play overseas, these teams that go to France, Spain, Belgium, whatever, those aren’t NCAA-sanctioned games,” Green Bay coach Doug Gottlieb said. “So the NCAA’s argument is, ‘Hey, in summer competition, you can’t play these games in the United States. They’re not NCAA-sanctioned.’ So if I played this exact same game three hours north of here in Canada, it’d be OK. It doesn’t make sense.”
There is also the cost aspect. For a school like Green Bay – especially as college athletics braces for the House settlement to be finalized – a foreign trip can be cost-prohibitive. By participating in an event like TBT, Green Bay’s waiver request made the case that it would be providing its athletes a similar experience within its means.
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If Gottlieb wants media attention, someone should remind him he still has a national radio show
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Ah, but Gottlieb wants all the media attention. A national radio show is not enough. Moar!
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