There are tons of committed kids going to schools for essentially book money. Rosters are expanding and funding is going down.
Attendance for the final 4 has been down for 7 consecutive years after peaking in 2007 at 100k and ending up this year with just 50k. These numbers have everyone concerned and are directly tied to deciding who will continue to fully fund there programs. Great articles in the NY times talking about the only people that seem to care are the parents of players and recruits while the casual fan has been turned off from the game.
Growth rates are also down off the highs of 16% down to just 3.5% the last two years.
The game needs help expanding spectator interest.
