The people in charge of college basketball are robots to routine. They are largely incapable of innovation on their own, or of spotting opportunity to do anything other than protect their own paychecks, and if you don’t believe that you should listen to the Big 12 commissioner.
His name is Bob Bowlsby, and he’s a very impressive man. Truly. That’s not sarcastic, or the setup to a joke. He’s a former college wrestling champion with a masters degree who worked his way up in a competitive and lucrative business. Impressive man.
Impressive enough that he and the industry he represents should have a better response when asked about how charity exhibition games — like the one between Kansas and Missouri that raised at least $1.