If there\u2019s one thing that\u2019s true in government, it\u2019s that there\u2019s a policy for just about everything \u2014 including March Madness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re an NCAA diehard who is leading, or participating in, an office bracket this year, you could be risking federal ethics violations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Every year, en estimated tens of millions of U.S. adults fill out a bracket during the three-week competition that deepens rivalries, delights fans and generates billions in dollars in sports bets for both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s tournament. Since the very first NCAA tournament in 1939, the annual showdown of 68 teams has become the pinnacle of college basketball and a time so revered that an ultimately unsuccessful petition began circulating in 2016 to make the first two days of the competition a nationally recognized holiday, reported the Washington Post. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n