Overview
- Klatt labeled the NCAA men's basketball tournament the "dumbest" and "least fair" event in sports, arguing it fails to crown the season's best team.
- He proposed replacing the 68-team single-elimination bracket with group stages featuring multiple games hosted by higher seeds.
- The Fox Sports analyst said such a format would curb one-game upsets and eliminate traditional Cinderella runs that fuel March Madness lore.
- Extending his view to football, Klatt argued Group of Five participation in the College Football Playoff exists primarily to avoid antitrust litigation.
- He dismissed broadcast performance as a defense of the current model and reiterated a preference for top teams meeting late in the postseason; his remarks were reported by Awful Announcing, ClutchPoints, and Breitbart.