Myles Brand Quotations

Whether or not we want to take something not broke and want to fix it, I think we should continue discussion. It's not imminent.

We have resolved all differences. We found a way to go forward. This is a significant agreement.

We have a problem. It is a serious problem. People working on it are not making progress.

Let me call that athletic looting, to be provocative, and we won't stand for that.

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.

Our goal is not to sanction teams and schools, but rather to change behavior, and we are starting to see some positive changes in behavior regarding the academic achievements of student-athletes.

Our goal is not to sanction schools but to change behavior, and we are seeing some positive results. But those schools who were helped by the squad-size adjustment are at risk.

Those are very significant differences. I think it speaks highly of the work being done in our athletic departments throughout the country to assure a genuine opportunity for young men and women to receive a college education.

What's important from our point of view is that those who participate in intercollegiate athletics, including black males, are doing better than their demographic cohort in the general student body.

We are encouraged by the response on many campuses to academic reform. The goal of academic reform is to improve academic behaviors and increase graduation, not unnecessarily penalize teams.

This season has revealed the character of Mike Davis. It revealed his resilience, his grace under pressure, and his ability to unite and motivate young men.

We expect merit will determine who will play and who will lead. But coaches and athletics administrators themselves are not always selected, it would appear, entirely on their merits.

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.

This is the first step toward academic reform, being able to measure what you're doing and be accountable for it.

This is not Lake Woebegone, where every student athlete and every team can be above average. The 50 percent rate, while not sacrosanct, is a good rate to measure whether we're making progress.

They may have to use extreme (legal) measures to change this. It's a situation that, frankly, is not tolerable.

There's always an opportunity for institutions to seek remedies in the courts. But be assured, the NCAA feels very confident in its decision and will defend it (the policy) to the utmost.

That rule is due to be considered by the NCAA through its normal governance process over the next three-to-six months. That issue is on the table, and the Division I Board of Directors will take it up likely in October but no later than January.

The baseball community is aware of the issue and one problem is that baseball, more than football or basketball, sends players off to the pro leagues before their senior years.

The NCAA has a responsibility to make sure its events are treated with respect for all and making sure that the environment is fully respectful.

Before we initiate a package or system of incentives and disincentives we also have to have a better way of counting graduation rates,