Are You Ready for Vas Madness?

Some folks will do anything to cash in on March Madness.

Last year, the Oregon Urology Institute got plenty of press by encouraging people to get their vasectomies while watching the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

Since a vasectomy requires a few days of rest, the people at ORI reasoned what better time to get vasectomy than March Madness, when you have a good excuse to sit on the couch?

The folks at the Oregon Urology Institute did so well last year that they are following up with "Snip City 2009."

The office has 24 prime slots to get the surgery during the first couple days of the tournament. Anyone who gets the surgery, which costs around $1,000 if you're paying out of pocket, gets to take home a kit that consists of an ice chest and frozen peas.

Judging by their promotional poster though, they need to bone up, so to speak, on their hoops. ESPN does not broadcast the tournament. It's CBS.

We also should note that the doctors names are not a joke. There really are doctors named Stephen Hardeman and Bryan Kansas. There's also a doctor on staff at the Urology Team named Richard Chopp. Just to show you I'm not making this up, here's his bio.

Indeed, he calls himself Dick Chopp.

Areas of Special Interest: Dr. Richard (Dick) Chopp is well known in the Austin community for performing Vasectomies. He also enjoys treating patients with metabolic evolution of kidney stone disease, male endocrine urology disorders, prostate disease and Peyronie's disease. He has extensive laparoscopy surgery experience, is on the transplant team and performs Living Donor Nephrectomy.