What's the carbon footprint of March Madness?
- Written by Brian P. McCullough, Associate Professor of Sport Management and Director, Center for Sport Management and Education and the Laboratory for Sustainability in Sport, Texas A&M University
The environmental cost of that ticket is high.AP Photo/Butch Dill
CC BY-NDMarch Madness means 68 teams vying to become champion, Cinderella runs for a few underdogs and big business for the NCAA, which earns 85% of its annual operating budget during the men’s basketball tournament.
But all of that comes at a tremendous cost: An estimated 463...