“Clearly, the NBA sucks right now. The NBA is the worst it’s ever been. I feel bad for the fans because they are not getting a quality product” – TNT’s Charles Barkley, who feels players spending at least two years in college before entering the draft would improve the league's on-court product (SI.com, 3/11).
“If Aereo should work, if they should win, which we don’t think will happen, we can go OTT with CBS” – CBS President & CEO Les Moonves, threatening to move the net off the airwaves and onto the Internet if Aereo’s TV streaming service prevails before the Supreme Court (BOSTON HERALD, 3/12).
“It becomes very difficult when there is a travel involve and you are going city to city and playing back-to-back games” – NHLPA Special Assistant to the Exec Dir Mathieu Schneider, on players being opposed to a proposal to extend overtimes to cut down on the number of games decided by a shootout (CP, 3/11).
“We’ve got faith in the Buffalo airport that they’ll stay open at least for a little while, or don’t cancel flights the whole day” – Bills GM Doug Whaley, on a snowstorm forecast for today possibly altering the team’s plans for hosting free agents (ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT & CHRONICLE, 3/12).
