Sports vs Priorities

Every March, the same barrage of NCAA basketball news covers the nation's newspapers and websites. Especially in college towns, like East Lansing, the news of the remaining teams gets bigger and bigger as the month goes on. Even the most mundane news blips become full-on stories in the magnifying glass that is the NCAA Tournament, like Memphis' Derrick Rose's fear of needles or the stress Arizona's coach, Lute Olson, went through in his divorce.

And while the stories are definitely interesting, it leaves one wondering how much actual "news" we may be missing out because of the massive amount of attention the media gives to the tournament. MSU's own State News had an entire front page dedicated to the Spartans' game against Memphis in their Friday issue. And while it may be partially because of slow news, it still brings to mind how many issues are being pushed to the back page in favor of basketball?