"The NFL is wrong. The NFL is wrong, they're wrong. I'm not telling them to give me zillions of dollars. I don't want zillions of dollars. I just want to be treated with respect" -- Former NFLer Mark Gastineau, asking NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to help him and other former players dealing with football-related health issues (AP, 3/10).
"Unless your coach and program are dealing with it, nobody cares. They want the game. They want to fill out their brackets. It's like steroids in baseball. We've been paying players in basketball and football, and the NCAA continues to fiddle" -- ESPN's Jay Bilas, on how the federal investigation into college basketball is not affecting the NCAA Tournament (N.Y. TIMES, 3/11).
"I see on TV today, too many guys all trying to develop schticks. You don't feel it's genuine, it's not real, it's coming through the screen, you can feel it, it's just manufactured" -- ESPN's Dick Vitale, on the current state of sports broadcasters (N.Y. POST, 3/11).
"That's it for 'SportsCenter.' The honor was mine, ladies and gentlemen" -- ESPN's Michael Smith, signing off on his last time hosting "SC6" on Friday ("SportsCenter," ESPN, 3/9).
