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The 60 odd coaches should get together and rig the whole thing for 15+ million a piece.

Surprisingly not worth it for many, most of these coaches have seven figure salaries and are employed for years or even move on to the higher pay in the NBA, they wouldn't want to jeopardize that.

Plus some of the higher paid coaches wouldn't go along with it because it's too risky. Use Duke's coach as an outlier, he earns $7 million a year and has been with the team for thirty years, good luck getting him to risk that career for twice his annual salary.

Calipari makes 5.2 last I checked, and he's tied into advertising all across kentucky.

Or the players for $1M. That's a much bigger bump for them.

Vs. their future NBA earnings?

The vast majority of players in the NCAA tournament have effectively zero chance of ever playing, much less starting and making millions, in the NBA. Consider the automatic bids that go to conference winners, the benchwarmers and walk-ons at even the top tier schools, etc. Remember, only 60 people are drafted into the NBA every year (not counting the rare players that enter through the D-league).

Edit: So, "yes" is my response to your question

But if you wanted enough people to throw a game, you'd need the future NBA stars on board too.

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