College sports spending

David Larimore, professor/former athletics director
Tennessee Tech University
USA Today

"Education and athletics are linked in this country. That's the way our society is organized. It projects an image, and people come to expect that if a school has a major sports franchise, they also have a major institution attached. So if you want to become invisible, downgrade (athletics) or get out of it."

Tom Jurich, athletics director
University of Louisville
USA Today

"We all need to be under one umbrella. Because when we take the field, our uniforms say University of Louisville. They don't say Louisville Incorporated."

Joel Cohen, professor
University of Maryland, College Park
USA Today

"On one hand, (the faculty is) telling athletics directors we don't want them to cost (the academic side) so much money, but at the same time we're telling them not to accept too much commercial money. I admit it's a mixed message."

Recruiting

David Blackwell, recruiting coordinator
Clemson University
Columbia (South Carolina) State

"There probably should be some kind of limits on the entertainment. I think it's hard to dictate what. What kind of punishment do you have over a kid that you really have no control over? You're recruiting a guy to come to your school. If he breaks curfew, you're not going to get him up the next morning and run him at 6 like you do your players."

Rick Stockstill, recruiting coordinator
University of South Carolina, Columbia
The State (Columbia, South Carolina)

"There are very few kids who take five visits who are serious about all five schools. I think a lot of kids waste trips just because they think they have to take five official visits because that's what they're allowed."

Women's basketball

Andy Landers, head women's basketball coach
University of Georgia
New York Times

"Everybody who watches our game says there is more chemistry than the men's game. I think that's the reason it appeals to the 40- and 50-year-old age group. They walk in and see us play and they say, 'That's the way we played; we ran pick-and-roll.'

"Women's basketball isn't a great play looking to happen. With the guys, you have these guys waiting to take off, elevate, slam dunk, bring the house down -- that's the game. With women, you are talking about 40 minutes of three-man weave, bounce passes, screens, rolls, catch."

Incentives/disincentives

Jeff Orleans, executive director
Ivy Group
Washington Post

Discussing a proposed penalty structure that holds Division I institutions accountable for student-athlete academic performance:

"Will it really be meaningful or not? That's an open question. Even people who support this very strongly know that if faculty are not rigorous, it will get undercut."

Terry Holland, former athletics director
University of Virginia
Washington Post

"The fact that we are offering this tweaking of a clearly flawed system rather than even discussing substantive reform is indicative of the gridlock that affects intercollegiate athletics today. Everyone is heavily invested in the status quo and is afraid that any substantive change may rock the competitive and financial boat of their institution and/or conference."

Greg Naples, faculty athletics representative
Marquette University
Washington Post

"What you really need is something that hurts."

Division I-A football

Gerald R. Turner, president
Southern Methodist University
Chronicle of Higher Education

Discussing a recent agreement among Bowl Championship Series conferences and a coalition of other Division I-A leagues that potentially adds a fifth bowl game to the championship series:

"I don't think the purpose or the nature of the agreement was to solve our financial problems. It gives (all conferences) access to the system, and to the extent there's access, there will be financial compensation appropriate to what the access is."