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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
What's the carbon footprint of March Madness?The environmental cost of that ticket is high.AP Photo/Butch DillWhat's the carbon footprint of March Madness?CC BY-ND

March 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...

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