“I am supporting him no longer, it’s finished. I have known him for a long time, I like him, but I’m not favourable to him having another term” – UEFA President Michel Platini, on not supporting FIFA President Sepp Blatter and his attempt at a fifth term (INDEPENDENT.co.uk, 6/12).
“They haven’t asked us, and I cannot imagine it happening anytime soon” – U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati, denying a report that FIFA had asked the organization to form a committee that could take over preparations for the ’22 World Cup (NYTIMES.com, 6/12).
“If we can raise $50 million for a Super Bowl, wouldn’t it just make sense to put it into a new stadium?” – Former NFL exec Jim Steeg, on it not making financial sense for San Diego to try and bid for a Super Bowl (SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE, 6/13).
“A ‘Division 4’ is always a fallback, but my sense is that this is on a good path from an NCAA standpoint, and that it’s likely to pass in a form that the … five conferences are comfortable with” – ACC Commissioner John Swofford, on the five power conferences seeking autonomy to create their own rules within the NCAA structure (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 6/13).
“I don’t draw a direct parallel between a student-athlete participating in sport and that in itself being a direct correlation to all this cash being made, and therefore that person should be paid” – NACDA President and Missouri AD Mike Alden, on standing firmly against the pay-for-play model (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, 6/13)
