When the NCAA tournament kicks off Thursday, where will you be?
Most fans will be stuck at work, but if you're a man you could have a legitimate excuse for sitting on your couch over the next few days watching nothing but basketball.
All you have to do is see a urologist… and schedule a vasectomy.
“Its huge, you know everybody talks about it 365 days a year, Louisville-Kentucky rivalry, it's huge a basketball state,” said Scott Payne.
As the NCAA Tournament tips off, Payne has a plan to “just sit in a chair and watch basketball all day.”
But there was one thing standing in the way of Scott's plan, his job.
But what if he could get, let's say a doctor's note ordering him to do nothing?
Dr. Nick Meiers of Allied Urology said, “Two to three days of no activity at all, laying around on the couch, icing so to speak, then a week afterwards no strenuous activity working out, what have you.”
In steps Dr. Nick Meiers and colleagues at Louisville's Allied Urology call “a little extra motivation, that helps a lot of guys believe me.”
What is Scott giving up to watch basketball?
The practice is promoting what they call "Vasectomy Madness."
The procedures specifically scheduled just before tournament games get underway.
Dr. Meiers said, “I think guys are always on the fence with this procedure. And this may tip them over a little bit and I'm sure their wives will say here's your opportunity, you have three days to watch basketball, so it may allow them to get it done.”
Scott Payne said, “Yeah, I've always thought about it. About the last year or so, but then I heard that promo on the radio and I think what better way to get off work than sit back and watch the games, follow doctors orders and go sit in a chair all day?”
And if his U of L Cardinals win Friday to play Duke on Sunday, Scott's covered. He told his employer he has to avoid working in the warehouse and driving a truck for five to seven days.
“They thought I was joking because they knew I was a huge basketball fan. They thought I just wanted to get off of work.”
But the urologist says the couch time is all perfectly legit and necessary.
Dr. Meiers said, “It’s a very small incision, but the potential for swelling is there, so you have to really take it easy.”
For the swelling, the Vasectomy Madness special includes a bag of frozen peas.
“I'm going to sit on the couch with a bag of peas and watch the games from noon til midnight. This championship basketball season, the basketball nets aren't the only things getting cut!”
Payne is home after his procedure Wednesday.
Not only does the Vasectomy Madness promotion include a bag of frozen peas, but Scott also gets a free pizza that he says he will have delivered Thursday during the tournament games.
For more information, visit the Allied Urology's Website.
