The Monetary Mayhem Of March Madness

If you thought the most interesting part of March Madness was happening on your TV screen, wait until you see what's going on behind the scenes. For the next three weeks, as America's collective attention shifts from our normal responsibilities to our brackets (the first two days of March Madness alone will costs businesses $135M in lost productivity) a not-so-small fortune is going to change hands between networks, advertisers, universities, and workaday Joes putting indiscriminate amounts of cash on their carefully calculated predictions. How not-so-small a fortune, you wonder? Check out the infographic below, created in collaboration with our friends at Fixed. by Assurant.