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The NCAA Basketball Rules Changes and What They Mean

On Friday, the NCAA approved a package of rules changes designed to, in the words of the NCAA,

significantly improve the pace of play, better balance offense with defense and reduce the physicality in the sport.

All righty then.  So, the NCAA bought into all of the complaints that people had about college basketball.  Meanwhile the NCAA Tournament continues to be one of the most-watched sporting events annually, suggesting that while people complain about the sport being unwatchable, they are still, in fact, watching it.  No, the regular season's television ratings and attendance are not very good, but this is largely related to the same phenomena that are causing the ratings of a lot of sports to drop.