Green Mountain State is finished
 

Vermont wrapped up it's season yesterday with the final girls state championship games. The weekend before was the boys finals.

State of WI
 

Girls (4 Divisions) play Thur-Sat next weekend

Boys (4 Divisions) play Thur-Sat the following weekend.

However, the state athletic association (WIAA) has had a cow (pun intended) about broadcasting rights. They have even went as far as to claim that the athletes are "employees" of the WIAA.

WIAA Sues Over Control of Game Rights / NewsChannel 7 - WSAW TV Wausau, Northcentral Wisconsin - Breaking News - Titan Weather - Local Sports - MyTV - 247 Weather - Stevens Point News - Marshfield - Marathon County - 54401 - 54403

MyFox Wausau | WIAA files lawsuit over live streaming of high school playoff ga

NV played it's State tournament in Vegas this year. All of the championship games for both boys and girls were held at the Orleans Arena on the same floor that the WCC is using this week for its conference tournament. If you check ESPN and ESPN2 this week you can get a look at the venue.

PA, all classes/both genders played first round of state playoffs on Friday/Saturday, so now all are down to 16 teams. Next round Tuesday/Wednesday, quarters Friday/Saturday, semis Mar 17/18 and finals Mar 20/21 at the Bryce Jordan Center in State College (Penn State University).

I don't see in the articles where they claim the athletes are "employees" of the WIAA.

Nebraska has had their boys and girls state championship games televised for many years now, on NETV (the PBS affiliate) and the CBS affiliate in Lincoln (the two stations partner to provide the televising manpower, pay for the broadcasting rights, and to air the games across the state since the CBS affiliate doesn't go statewide).

Iowa does it differently because they have separate associations for the girls and for the boys. The boys association sold the rights to cover the finals to a broadcasting company, who then sells the right to show the games to various television stations. I heard that some parts of Iowa are not able to receive the games unless they view the pay-per-view on the internet. I'm not sure how the girls association does it, but I'm sure it's a similar deal.

This is my favorite time of the year in Illinois(we coined the phrase March Madness by the way) Sectional for boys are this week with some great matchups.

A little controversy this year as the player of the year Jereme Richmond, who committed to Illinois as a freshman received his second tech in a playoff game over the weekend for hanging on the rim He is ineligible for next game against another powerhouse.

The school protested the call but the state upheld it as well they should have.

Bravo...a state upholding their sportsmanship rules when it comes to ejections. This brings up a question which I will pose in another thread.