Quick Hits....

"When your new stadium costs a half-billion and your completion is that week, there are going to be some challenges. ... Everybody can do better, no question about it. It was a starting point" – Texas A&M AD Eric Hyman, on logistical problems during last weekend's opening game at the newly redesigned Kyle Field, including connectivity and crowd flow issues (CHRON.com, 9/18).

“Patrick Kane's plus-minus Thursday? It’s tough to calculate. Was it a plus or a minus that he even attended the opening of Chicago's training camp?” – ESPN’s Neil Everett, on the Blackhawks RW’s news conference (“SportsCenter,” ESPN, 9/18).

“We believe that it is possible in smaller countries to have an attractive national competition and that balance has to be there, otherwise in a couple of years we will only have 30 clubs in the world” – FIFPro Dir Theo van Seggelen, on the union wanting to dismantle soccer’s transfer system as it believes that it funnels talented players to a select number of teams (REUTERS, 9/18).