Quote of the Day
"He was a philosopher, someone who was always thinking and trying to get at what was right. That wasn't always popular, but that was what he believed, and more often than not, I think history bore him out."
-- NCAA Senior VP Greg Shaheen, on late NCAA President Myles Brand(INDY STAR, 9/17).
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The NCAA Loses Its Leader
Brand Leaves Strong
Legacy At NCAAMyles Brand is being remembered "for raising standards at the NCAA," and as a man who "helped us refocus on the student in student-athlete." The well-respected philosopher who passed away yesterday at the age of 67 believed college athletics are part of a "larger academic mission and should be kept in proper perspective," and he "spoke with eloquence and passion about college athletics' role in higher education." He is credited with "making unprecedented progress in pushing for academic reform." He's being called the "most reform-minded president in NCAA history," who "wanted the NCAA to stand for something more than athletics." Fitting attributes for a leader who had the right intentions for doing the correct thing, a leader who will be missed by many in sports business.
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