I was assuming the minimum financial guarantee was 20k for first round games but looked it up and it's actually 40k (page 16 at https://ncaaorg.s3.amazonaws.com/cha...hampManual.pdf)
That is more problematic than I was thinking especially for games that draw less than 4k. I don't think netting $10 per ticket sold is that much to ask but maybe I'm wrong - I've got no idea what a typical budget looks like for these games but I'm pretty sure the minimum guarantee for first round games used to be 20k so I'd assume/hope the reason that has doubled in recent years is because the vast majority of schools have no trouble hitting it.
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