Sheldon Steinbach, vice-president and general counsel
American Council on Education
Washington Post

Discussing recently approved academic enhancements in Division I that rely more on high-school core-course grade-point average than on standardized test scores:

"When viewed in the light of reality, it is an invitation to massive fraud at high school. The pressures that will be put on individual teachers, counselors and principals so that some student-athletes have the requisite eligibility for participation in college will be enormous. This is not somebody moaning about the victories of yesteryear, but a realistic concern about the impact of the proposal on grading policies at high schools. It's unsettling, in fact."

John Thompson, former head men's basketball coach
Georgetown University
Baltimore Sun

"(We don't have) a central educational system in this country, so it's kind of foolish to have a central test. Kids have different forms of being taught. Kids have different abilities to get education. It's very difficult to have a standardized test totally determine a person's ability to get an education in college. You have to have other means of evaluating them."

Chris Kennedy, senior associate athletics director
Duke University
Raleigh News-Observer

"What you may see are a lot of low-SAT, high-GPA kids early on, and you may see a lot of them not make it. That would impact recruiting over the long term because it's easier for them to qualify and harder to make satisfactory progress toward graduation. People may eventually still shy away from kids with that kind of academic record."

Lee Fowler, director of athletics
North Carolina State University
Raleigh News-Observer

"If somebody takes a kid and we say, 'We can't take them,' then that can be used against you in recruiting. There are a lot of fears about this, but we'll live with it like everyone else."

Al Groh, head football coach
University of Virginia
Raleigh News-Observer

"The principle that (the proposals are) trying to achieve -- to increase the educational experience for the players -- is laudable, but I think we all know from our own academic experience that some students don't always get off to a raging start. Sometimes, early (on in college), they experience a less-than-sensational semester. If either one of those occurrences happen, then it's going to be very difficult for the student-athlete to dig out from under it."