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Week night games that start at 9:00. the ncaa isn't concerned about graduation rates. they're concerned about basketball programs and they're concerned about the billion dollars that they bring in from this three-week tournament that everybody plays in their office pulls. >> the ncaa says it shares the concern over low graduation rates, but also said in a statement that imposing a ban on teams for the academic performance of student athletes who enter as freshman 8 to 11 years ago is probably not the best course of action. when i asked secretary duncan about how the department of education can...

Considering they're in a winter storm warning and tonight the snow is expected to come down. 5 to 10 inches of snow expected tomorrow. >> the temperature and the snowfall doesn't seem to match. >> tomorrow's high is expected to be 33. >> that's a big top. >> you get the wild swings. >> that's true. wacky weather sometimes. thanks, rob. who cares about graduation? >> ncaa isn't concerned about graduation rates. they're concerned about basketball programs and they're concerned about the billion dollars that they bring in from this three-week tournament that everybody plays in their office pool...

They wouldn't schedule weeknight games that start at 9:00. ncaa isn't concerned about graduation rates. they're concerned about basketball programs and they're concerned about the billion dollars that they bring in from this three-week tournament that everybody plays in their office pools. >> the ncaa says it shares the concern over low graduation rates but also said in a statement that imposing a ban on teams for the academic performance of student athletes who entered as freshmen 8 to 11 years ago is probably not the best course of action. when i asked secretary duncan about how exactly the ...

College sports. i mean, undo this mafia attitude you describe. how do you do it? >> there are two things you can do. i want to thank george of "sports illustrated" i advise everyone to read it. he had a series of articles on changes that can be made. the most radical change, it's difficult because, of course, lawyers get involved. basically to spin off major college football and basketball programs into their own entity. almost like a minor league system. the university licensed these programs out. you negotiate revenue, who gets what. these are separate entities. they can pay athletes if they...