Since the tournament used existing stadiums, there wasn't a significant infrastructure legacy from it, said Robert Boland, a professor of sports business at New York University.

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Robert Boland, one of my colleagues at New York University, often says that of all the factors which go into the decision to hire one head coaching candidate over another, the one that matters significantly more than anything else is how well each candidate interviews with the owner.

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