I expect we will see in early August the NCAA Board adopt most, if not all, of the Rice Commission recommendations. Of even greater importance than enacting recommendations is for those of us associated with intercollegiate athletics, commissioners, presidents, chancellors, athletics directors, coaches, staff members, boosters and student-athletes to all conduct ourselves with a level of integrity that properly presents the ideals and values of higher education.
To that point yesterday, former LSU basketball coach, Dale Brown, sent me an e-mail. I don’t know if you know, but he’s prolific with his e-mails. It was a quote from John Wooden.