Myles Brand
Myles Brand
Myles Neil Brandwas the 14th president of the University of Oregon, 16th president of Indiana University, and 4th president of the United States' National Collegiate Athletic Association...
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We have resolved all differences. We found a way to go forward. This is a significant agreement.
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The baseball community is aware of the issue and one problem is that baseball, more than football or basketball, sends players off to the pro leagues before their senior years.
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The NCAA has a responsibility to make sure its events are treated with respect for all and making sure that the environment is fully respectful.
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We expect merit will determine who will play and who will lead. But coaches and athletics administrators themselves are not always selected, it would appear, entirely on their merits.
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This season has revealed the character of Mike Davis. It revealed his resilience, his grace under pressure, and his ability to unite and motivate young men.
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This is not Lake Woebegone, where every student athlete and every team can be above average. The 50 percent rate, while not sacrosanct, is a good rate to measure whether we're making progress.
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African-American student-athletes graduate at a 59 percent rate. Over the last 15 years, there's been a remarkable increase and we're making significant progress.
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This is the first step toward academic reform, being able to measure what you're doing and be accountable for it.
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Let me call that athletic looting, to be provocative, and we won't stand for that.
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They may have to use extreme (legal) measures to change this. It's a situation that, frankly, is not tolerable.
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There's always an opportunity for institutions to seek remedies in the courts. But be assured, the NCAA feels very confident in its decision and will defend it (the policy) to the utmost.
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That rule is due to be considered by the NCAA through its normal governance process over the next three-to-six months. That issue is on the table, and the Division I Board of Directors will take it up likely in October but no later than January.
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Whether or not we want to take something not broke and want to fix it, I think we should continue discussion. It's not imminent.
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Before we initiate a package or system of incentives and disincentives we also have to have a better way of counting graduation rates,