Good Day Babylon and all inhabitants of the planet earth. First and foremost, let me pause and send thoughts, prayers and condolences to all of the families and the entire nation of Japan for the recent tragedy that has taken thousands of lives. We should all give daily thanks and praise for each and every day and blessing that the creator bestows upon us. This should be a reminder to all of us that you only have one life to live and you never know when your time will come. A moment of silence....Okay, back to the business at hand! Yes it's that time of the year again...March Madness has arrived. Most of the world has been brought under the trance of college basketball and it's season ending NCAA Tournament of Ridiculousness (that's actually a good thing...I'm not hating). In a nutshell, the tourney is a Last minute buzzer beating, high flying, rim rocking, double-overtime, star is born, cinderella, david vs. goliath, upsets, favorites, number one's, number four's, old school, new school, cutting down the nets championship that takes place over three weeks of pure heaven & hell. As we speak, die hard fans are scrambling to fill out their tourney bracket to have them ready to turn in for their office pool in hopes of winning....you guessed it, cold hard cash. Thus, the debate begins...are office pools considered gambling? are they legal? does it hinder work performance? Well, of course the answer to all those questions is yes and no. It is gambling and probably should be considered illegal, but will office pools stop? Not as long as there's an NCAA tourney they won't. It's an american institution, like grandma's homemade apple pie or a chevy mustang or Made in America (see previous blog). Truth is, we are a nation of consumers and followers (ask Twitter). We like filling out brackets and hoping our team makes it to the Final Four and brings home an NCAA National Championship Trophy and hopefully we win our office pool and feel like a Champion just like the kids on TV.
So, get your fridge stocked and hit the couch or head out to your local watering hole and enjoy the show!! Whether you pick teams by favorite color, or deep ESPN analysis...we all are hoping for the same end result....Show me the money!!!
Alas, there can only be one Champion!! Good Luck to all you bracketeers out there!!
For good measure....Here's my Final Four: Kansas, Duke, BYU & Ohio State
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