As you might imagine, fans from coast to coast had no problem roasting the NCAA, which signed a deal worth $10.8 billion for the broadcast rights to the Division I men’s basketball tournament in 2011. Here’s how it all unfolded:
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Bryant, whose Bulldogs face Villanova in the South Region on Friday, tweeted, “We need WiFi at the hotel. Have some school work to [email protected]” The tweet has since been deleted.
The NCAA, in an effort to maintain its stellar track record of putting pupils over profit, took to social media, a platform it has undoubtedly mastered.
That’s all the mean streets of Twitter, where it’s never safe, needed to put the association on blast.
Get the picture?
Who knows whether the NCAA affords this luxury to student-athletes playing in the Division I women’s basketball tournament or any Division II or Division III postseason competitions?
We’re not sure who runs the NCAA’s Twitter account, but we have a brief message from Herm Edwards for them.
