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NCAA's Oliver Luck explains controversial comment comparing coaches and athletes

NEW YORK u2015 A high-ranking NCAA official drew criticism Thursday morning over a comment made at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum in New York.

Oliver Luck, the NCAA's vice president for regulatory affairs, was responding to a question about the double standard of coaches getting paid on the open market while athletes are not. The panel of athletics directors laughed nervously and deferred to Luck, the former West Virginia AD and father of Colts quarterback Andrew Luck.

NCAA's Oliver Luck on why there's an open market for coaches pay and not athletes: Coaches are adults.