[What he said to his audience about poaching on Tuesday was this:] Let me call that athletic looting, to be provocative, ... and we won't stand for that. |
a poster boy for everything that's right about the game. |
African-American student-athletes graduate at a 59 percent rate. Over the last 15 years, there's been a remarkable increase and we're making significant progress. |
All we've done is set the agenda for reform for the next five to seven years. We've decided what directions we want to go in and why. Now, starting in the fall, we'll roll up our sleeves and figure out how to get it done. |
and told him that this is the issue on the table; I don't know which way the vote's going to go. |
Before we initiate a package or system of incentives and disincentives we also have to have a better way of counting graduation rates, |
By harnessing our resources at the national level, the NCAA and Habitat for Humanity can give new meaning to the term 'team building' and make a lasting contribution by working together toward a larger, more effective, affordable and attainable housing solution. |
I don't like that, either, |
I have great confidence in them. Is it stressful? Yes. |
I suspect that some of those would like to having a ruling on that. But unless there is a change before Feb. 1, they will have to abide by it. |
I think the Duke basketball team is a terrific team. I don't think that's in the least bit overshadowed or taken anything away from the women. In fact, I think by pushing the women to answer something that they have no role to play, that strikes me as misleading to readers. I know some journalists have done that. |
I'm pleased to see they're taking strong steps until they get to the bottom of it. |
I'm really surprised there's any objection, |
Indianapolis does an incredible job in these events and I think that's the main reason the NCAA and all the schools like to be here. |
It is an issue. A number of those institutions received mission exemptions, but there are a number of institutions that are still not performing as well for student-athletes as they are for the rest of the student body. |