Quick Hits....

“The brand is something that is ours, and a brand is one of the biggest things you can get. Whether it's a lot or a little bit, it's still mine” – LaVar Ball, on owning the Big Baller Brand (“Sunday Today with Willie Geist,” NBC, 6/18).

"They’re breaking their own rules to try to punish North Carolina because they don’t like this ... You can’t just violate the rules because you don’t like something. ... A rules-based organization cannot break its own rules to get the result that it wants" – ESPN's Jay Bilas, describing the NCAA's treatment of UNC (CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 6/18).

"ESPN is basically the Titanic. They’re the first one to hit the iceberg to show how damaging this greed of theirs has been over the years, to overpay for sports rights and to force that down to consumers whether they wanted to watch it or not" – American Cable Association President & CEO Matt Polka, on the effect EPSN has on the media rights landscape (PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE, 6/18).