NCAA: Climbing to new heights
Just when you thought the NCAA couldn’t make any more money off the Madness of March …
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So, you think you know everything about tonight’s national championship game.
Kansas vs. Memphis. Bill Self vs. John Calipari. Mario Chalmers vs. Derrick Rose.
Who’s going to cut down the nets?
The better question is, how are they going to cut them down?
Fear not. The NCAA Tournament has an official ladder. You heard right — an official ladder. Werner Ladder is the “Official Ladder of the NCAA Basketball Championship.”
You couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.
Check out this from the statement announcing the blessed union: “A longtime fixture on contractors’ trucks and construction job sites across the nation, Werner Ladder will now be able to honor the student-athletes and their coaches by helping them to celebrate their successes and reach the time-honored net cutting ceremony at the end of each championship game.”
I swear, this is serious stuff.
All of this got me wondering what other sponsorships the NCAA has. Did you know there’s an official mutual fund of the NCAA? Yep, The Hartford is the official supplier of mutual funds. No doubt that comes in handy when the good folks at the NCAA are trying to figure out how to invest the gazillions of dollars they make every year on the tournament.
What about home improvement? Yep, Lowe’s is the official home improvement retailer of the NCAA.
Then, there’s my favorite. DiGiorno. It is the official frozen and refrigerated pizza of the NCAA.
I repeat, I am not making this up.
Considering all of that, I’m a little surprised they don’t have official scissors for the net-cutting ceremony. What about an official tissue for all those tears? If there’s an official ladder, can those things be far behind?
I think not. After all, the NCAA has that official mutual fund to fill.
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Comments
John Boy:
My “sorces”??? I might be able to take you more seriously if you could spell a little better …
JC
Ethan:
Um, you might want to figure out the difference between “your” and “you’re” before you call me retarded. The proper usage in this instance should be “you’re,” not “your.”
JC
“I repeat, I am not making this up.”
Yeah, Jenni, I get it. You’re not making it up. Got it. No need to repeat yourself again. Wasn’t funny the first two times.
must have been a slow day at work(???) for you to write such non-sense, but then again, you don’t have a flipping clue what you are writting about anyway. did you get this from your “SORCES”????