"There is no plan to do it. Is there still a burning desire? The clubs would like to do it but we are also realistic that says until the fan, political and media reaction is any more warm towards it, it won't happen" -- EPL Chair Richard Scudamore, on clubs playing regular-season matches abroad (SKYSPORTS.com, 7/20).
"The market spoke, I said, 'Done.' There’s not that many transformative free agents out there and a lot of teams are paying a lot of money on free agents and they’re not quite sure how it’s going to work. I felt keeping Otto, maxing Otto, was way lower risk than saying, 'Let’s let him go and we’ll get someone in free agency'" -- Monumental Sports & Entertainment Chair Ted Leonsis, on the Wizards giving a max deal to F Otto Porter Jr. (SPORTS.YAHOO.com, 7/20).
"It was a great plan by our marketing people to do the worst video that you can. Because if you do a good one, nobody really cares. It's just another promo video. If you do a really horrible one, then maybe we'll get on SportsCenter and all these recruits will see us" -- FAU football coach Lane Kiffin, on purposefully making an unenthusiastic promo video for the team's upcoming season (DALLASNEWS.com, 7/20).
"I know in '79 they did that, but this is 2017. It's a totally different world. I can't fathom going to our fans and saying we're going to play a whole season away from the Carrier Dome" -- Syracuse AD John Wildhack, on avoiding playing a football season away from the Carrier Dome when it undergoes renovations (SYRACUSE.com, 7/20).
