March Madness is about to begin again. It is one of the largest sporting events of the year and makes even casual sports fans into sports fanatics for the run of the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Tournament. Amateurs become experts and experts become fanatics. TV coverage is consistent, with games being on all day every day at the beginning of the tournament. Office Pools and side bets on the tournament are becoming somewhat of a national pastime.
One large problem for workplaces is that there is so much focus on the tournament, that productivity goes down. One new wrinkle to this problem is the online web casts of tournament games free. Some estimates have lost productivity from the tournament as high as $4 billion dollars.
CBS, the main broadcaster of the tournament has started a new online service. CSTV (College Sports Television. By going to cbssportsline.com users can view any tournament game live from their PCs. This has only made the tournament bigger, allowing fans all over the world to watch tournament games, and allowing those in the workplace further distraction. Many workplaces have taken steps to block this new content from coming into the workplace.
With more viewers viewing the tournament, more money will be spent in both official and unofficial office pools and side bets. Also this may drive merchandise sales of college merchandise up.
Either way, March Madness is one of the most exciting and enticing sporting events of the entire year, and allows fans of all types to become involved.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11862323/
One large problem for workplaces is that there is so much focus on the tournament, that productivity goes down. One new wrinkle to this problem is the online web casts of tournament games free. Some estimates have lost productivity from the tournament as high as $4 billion dollars.
CBS, the main broadcaster of the tournament has started a new online service. CSTV (College Sports Television. By going to cbssportsline.com users can view any tournament game live from their PCs. This has only made the tournament bigger, allowing fans all over the world to watch tournament games, and allowing those in the workplace further distraction. Many workplaces have taken steps to block this new content from coming into the workplace.
With more viewers viewing the tournament, more money will be spent in both official and unofficial office pools and side bets. Also this may drive merchandise sales of college merchandise up.
Either way, March Madness is one of the most exciting and enticing sporting events of the entire year, and allows fans of all types to become involved.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11862323/
