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Ask HN: Why does the game start at 8:18PM CDT?

4 points by bmcd ↗ HN
Just wondering if anyone knew the reason the NCAA Championship game starts at 8:18pm? Seems like a strange and arbitrary start time.

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Jeremy1026
So they can fit in enough commercials to make the NCAA a profit, following the 8:00pm broadcast start time, while keeping their athletes pure and maintaining their amateur status.
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