Businessman

The ratings are obviously important, but quite honestly we don't spend that much time with them because we believe that if we can play good football, if we play at a high level, everything will fall in place, the ratings, the attendance, all of the things that are important on the business side.

I imagine my experience on the business side will help - I think that probably was attractive to the N.C.A.A.

I do believe that the name, image, likeness for an individual is a fundamental right - that any individual controls his or her name, image and likeness - and I don't believe that a student-athlete who accepts a grant-in-aid simply waives that right to his or her name, image, likeness.

I played years ago around a bunch of guys who hung on as long as they could, and they begin to resent the game because of injuries and the way they're being treated.

The challenges both internal and external to the NCAA present a unique opportunity to help shape the landscape for hundreds of thousands of young men and women.

I don't golf.

There are a lot off very good college players after a year or two who may not want to play that third year of college football, may need to earn a little money, support the family.

A reporter asked me recently if the driving force behind me coming to Indianapolis was to hang out with my kid. I said to him, 'Nah, it's just sort of lagniappe.' He said, 'What?' I said, 'You don't know what lagniappe means? It's sort of like the extra scoop of ice cream on top of your sundae. It's like a bonus.' Lagniappe. Great word.

There's been a realization in college athletics that an athletic director really is a businessman.

I put my old player helmet on sometimes.

It's not like the NFL is going anywhere, it's one of the best run leagues in the world.

We're trying to keep the 'foot' in 'football.'

Players have numerous opportunities to express themselves with all the platforms that exist today. So, you know, standing for the national anthem we believe is a part of their responsibility as players in our league.

Once you're under contract with the XFL, you're under contract, regardless of position. We're not trying to be a development league for the NFL.

West Virginia is a relatively small state. There are only a handful of football players that come out of West Virginia.

It's not like the NFL is going anywhere, it's one of the best run leagues in the world.

The challenges both internal and external to the NCAA present a unique opportunity to help shape the landscape for hundreds of thousands of young men and women.

I'm not a shill for the Big 12.

We have high expectations at West Virginia University for success on and off the field and as Coach Holgorsen has acknowledged to me, we are not meeting those expectations on the field.

We've always had talented kids coming out of Maryland, Baltimore, D.C., Virginia, New Jersey, eastern Ohio, Columbus, Akron.