Quick Hits....

"This is, what -- tinfoil hat, right -- a little conspiracy theory. But maybe they altered the color a little bit so you wouldn’t wear last year’s pants or last year’s jerseys. So if you wore last year’s jerseys or pants you could tell, and then Nike wouldn’t like it" -- Reds P Nick Martinez, on how this year's Nike uniforms have "slightly different hues of team colors" (CINCINNATI ENQUIRER, 2/17).

"I can't say I feel good about anything related to the structure because there isn't one. I guess you could say by default, the market has filled the void created by the lack of forward thinking in this space. It's created the most chaotic and disruptive environment in the history of college athletics, period. That is indisputable" -- Univ. of Oklahoma AD Joe Castiglione, on the landscape of NIL in college sports (OKLAHOMAN, 2/18).