David Frohnmayer, president
University of Oregon
Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard

"By now, it's pretty well-acknowledged, at least from where I sit, that the reform proposals are going to go through and that there is substantial agreement that this is the horizon we want to pursue. (NCAA President Myles Brand) won't have to start from scratch on this at all. There's a solid constituency that basically wanted his buy-in to something that was already launched. ...

"(The incentives/disincentives package) may be where there's abrasion, but the whole view of the people involved in this movement is that it won't mean very much without real incentives and disincentives and that sustained subpar academic performance is going to result in real things happening."

Sportsmanship

Terence Moore, columnist
Atlanta Journal and Constitution

"You must have rules. You must have somebody enforcing those rules. You must respect those in charge of enforcing those rules.

"Mostly, you must realize that officials and umpires are composed of flesh and blood instead of bits and bytes. They will make mistakes. When they do, you have the right to boo as a fan. After that, you should move on with the rest of your life."

Rick Hartzell, athletics director
University of Northern Iowa
Washington Post

"(I)t is kind of like a snowball rolling downhill. When officials have a little trouble, whether it's the NFL, college basketball or pro basketball, it becomes the thing to do to whack officials, (although) I'm not saying officials are blameless. And then there's the one everyone knows, the pressure of winning games."

Barry Mano, president
National Association of Sports Officials
USA Today

"When people see replays that show the best-trained officials in the world make mistakes, and then they see coaches and others rant about it in public, the guy at the local rec league game feels like he has a license to be abusive. Historically we know that this kind of thing leads to copycat abuse."