"I stand up for Colin doing that. It took a lot of balls to do that" – Pistons F Marcus Morris, on Colin Kaepernick's National Anthem protest (DETROIT FREE PRESS, 9/25).
"Were I a teammate, were I the coach, were I the owner, in a situation like that, I'd have gotten rid of the guy" – Bob Knight, on Kaepernick ("Fox & Friends," Fox, 9/23).
"[Art] Briles has devoted his life to molding the lives of young men. ESPN (has) done Coach Briles as grave and serious injustice" – Former Baylor President & Chancellor Ken Starr, criticizing how media outlets covered the Baylor scandal (TWITTER.com, 9/24).
"How can we bring in a third party to help validate or arbitrate? We don't know exactly the system yet, but we do want to do that as early as 2017" – Riot Games e-sports co-Dir Whalen "Magus" Rozelle, on the need for third-party oversight in League of Legends e-sports (ESPORTS.YAHOO.com, 9/23).
"If you can't successfully pull off a Hall of Fame game and you have what appears to be enough evidence to convince both parties to conduct an investigation of the concussion protocol, [it's] probably not the right time to think about adding two regular-season games" – NFLPA Exec Dir DeMaurice Smith, on an 18-game NFL schedule ("PFT Live," NBC, 9/23).
"I don't want them playing 15 years in the pros at linebacker. That's for sure" – Pro Football HOFer Steve Young, on having his kids play tackle football (S.F. CHRONICLE, 9/25).
