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March Madness

March madnessThe Friday File: While the NCAA college basketball tournament may or may not cost the economy money in lost worker productivity and sales, the sure losers are the 99% of Division I college players that don’t make the NBA. They work for a “benevolent” monopolist that strictly prohibits the players from monetizing their talent and that “pays” the players a subsistence wage. The winners: the NCAA, networks, universities and coaches.