Does anyone have a favorite in tonight’s NCAA basketball final?
A friend who works in finance went to the NCAA Final Four games on Saturday. It’s about three hours round-trip from NYC in a two-decade-old mid-sized business jet, which he chartered for about $40,000 plus $2,500 for Signature Indianapolis’s event fee (over $13,000 per flight hour, in other words). The black car service was $900 round-trip to the stadium, normally an 11-minute drive from Signature IND. “Rental cars were $1,000,” he said, “and due to terrorism concerns you supposedly can’t park anywhere near the stadium.” How much were the tickets? One of his companions is so elite that he got prime seats for free as a donor to one of the universities (it’s the same ticket/seat for two back-to-beack games).
> Cost of attending the NCAA Final Four games
Your soul in the VIP seats? My mom’s sister took her in a VW camper van to watch the final four, to help her cope with losing my dad at the age of 52. I could care less about gladiator contests. To each Nero his own though, I guess.
“If you love pets, make sure to donate to your local animal shelter.” is what I would tell such a preposterous “friend”.
Good news! President Trump signed an executive order designed to save college sports from a financial arms race – by limiting athletes’ ability to earn more money. Hooray capitalism and freedom?
https://twitter.com/EricLDaugh/status/2040190408240562353?s=20
Like most everyone who didn’t go to MIT, the lion kingdom was focused on the lunar flyby. Nothing like someone saying “aboot” from behind the moon. Canadia has conquered the moon.
Does anyone have a favorite in tonight’s NCAA basketball final? No.
Who are playing?
I didn’t watch, but it was U Conn. vs. Michigan and Michigan won for only the second time in history: https://mgoblue.com/news/2026/4/6/mens-basketball-wolverines-triumph-over-huskies-to-win-second-national-championship
I wonder what would happen if U. Conn and Michigan put this kind of effort into improving their academics. Michigan is ranked #20 by US News among all U.S. universities, tied with CMU. Maybe they couldl go up to #14, ahead of Columbia? U. Conn is ranked #69, well behind University of Florida (#30) and Florida State (#51). I guess only a killjoy would even ask that question.
A friend in finance… From my past time there, it is either reimbursable sales work or tickets from sales that ended up not used, they were usually allocated on first claimed basis via email distribution list when people around them did not want them. I never cared about them. If you are the client you probably could find a different investment vehicle with better fee to earnings ratio.
Actually, the guys who went shared the cost of transportation and paid personally rather than trying to write it off as a business expense (contrary to what progressives accuse the billionaire class of doing!). I guess that is still evidence of the high fees of Wall Street, though, since otherwise how did the individuals in question have enough money to not mind paying a share of the cost of a private jet rather than whatever JetBlue was charging.
Out of the box thinking solution: donate the tix to Make-A-Wish foundation. Kids at the end-of-life should have some fulfillment, even if they are delusional enough to think all-but-pro “athletes” are worth watching or any kind of hero.