Mark Emmert wrote : "These updated rules are needed to minimize conflicts among athletes’ NIL opportunities across all the states and to reinforce our commitment to the principles of college athletics," "We must not allow obvious inequities to occur. We need to pas new rules. We must act to ensure that fair opportunities are provided"

foxnews Saturday, May 7, 2022 6:56:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

foxnews Wednesday, April 27, 2022 6:16:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert explained ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes. I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis,”

dailycaller Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:54:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

arkansasonline Wednesday, April 27, 2022 11:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, April 27, 2022 8:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

wwlp Wednesday, April 27, 2022 7:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

fox35orlando Wednesday, April 27, 2022 6:50:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

upi Wednesday, April 27, 2022 5:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wral Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

yourerie Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

CBSnews Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

bostonglobe Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:21:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

eagletribune Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure, I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

fox59 Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wishtv Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure, I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wkbn Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

click2houston Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

seattlepi Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If by this time next year there’s some notion of a direction to go in, that would be great,”

nytimes Sunday, April 3, 2022 1:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We’re at a place of huge disjuncture around college sports,”

cjonline Saturday, April 2, 2022 12:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The legal landscape as it exists today simply will not support and sustain the way college sports is conducted today,”

cjonline Saturday, April 2, 2022 12:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Mark Emmert ) : “This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that. “We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents”. Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws. TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION. With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events. The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness. Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states"

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no reason why they couldn’t start that debate and that discussion,” “But it is a very challenging debate among the schools. Once you start talking about how you’re going to divide resources, then those are difficult”

forbes Friday, April 1, 2022 6:05:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

wishtv Friday, April 1, 2022 3:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

seattlepi Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, March 31, 2022 5:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

click2houston Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “You have failed to take meaningful steps to correct deficiencies identified by the Committee and by an outside review, and you have failed to ensure gender equity across NCAA’s athletic programs,”

usaToday Wednesday, March 16, 2022 9:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no question it provided a jump-start,”

nytimes Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’d love for the numbers in the Kaplan report to be right,”

nytimes Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

cbs46 Friday, January 21, 2022 5:32:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, January 21, 2022 2:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

whig Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

ChinaPost Friday, January 21, 2022 1:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?"

startribune Friday, January 21, 2022 1:44:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert noted : "Approximately 80% of US Olympians are either current or former college athletes,"

irishsun Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:56:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 4:54:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:51:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert : “Being a university president is the hardest job in America”

dailycaller Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:10:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “He’s got a lot of skills and knowledge and he’s obviously a bright guy who can help find solutions,” “As the head of what many would argue is the dominant football conference right now, he’s put in a position that can be polarizing. And that would be true of anybody sitting there right now”

ChinaPost Saturday, December 4, 2021 12:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “He’s got a lot of skills and knowledge and he’s obviously a bright guy who can help find solutions,” “As the head of what many would argue is the dominant football conference right now, he’s put in a position that can be polarizing. And that would be true of anybody sitting there right now”

eagletribune Friday, December 3, 2021 11:31:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It has been a long time, 50 years, a half a century, since there was this thorough a look at what college sports is and how it should function,” “The inaction of the association at this particular moment would be very, very poorly received and it should be, frankly. If you have that much change going on, you darn well be better be ready and willing and able to change”

highlandstoday Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It has been a long time, 50 years, a half a century, since there was this thorough a look at what college sports is and how it should function,” “The inaction of the association at this particular moment would be very, very poorly received and it should be, frankly. If you have that much change going on, you darn well be better be ready and willing and able to change”

click2houston Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I ... thought it was a very successful first take, especially having never done anything quite like this in the history of the association,”

click2houston Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Additionally, we remain committed to working with Congress to chart a path forward, which is a point the Supreme Court expressly stated in its ruling,”

washtimes Tuesday, June 22, 2021 1:06:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "The case also went to great lengths to point out the authority the association has in these and a variety of other areas and if we wanted broader authority than we currently have then we could and should work with Congress,"

startribune Tuesday, June 22, 2021 3:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Even though the decision does not directly address name, image and likeness, the NCAA remains committed to supporting NIL benefits for student-athletes,”

mlive Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : "By July, all our athletes should be provided NIL opportunities regardless of the state they happen to live in,"

seattlepi Friday, June 18, 2021 11:27:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "It's a very challenging topic obviously," "The NCAA rules are all made by the schools themselves, through a representative body that functions very much like Congress does. They have been debating, discussing this and working toward this moment for at least three years now. And it is a very complicated subject. Coming up with the general consensus about what the outcome should be has been relatively easy – getting people to agree on the details of it has been extraordinarily complex. But I'm very hopeful that we finally have the schools at a place right now where they're ready to pass a national standard. That however will not alleviate the need for federal legislation"

npr Thursday, June 10, 2021 4:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Preferably by the end of the month,"

arkansasonline Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Don't you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?"

arkansasonline Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “and, under your leadership, student-athletes have been really sidelined when it comes to these issues because of an NCAA that cannot seem to make up its mind. So my question to you is simply this: Do you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question? Do you think you are still capable and fit to lead this organization to make a decision that is going to be fair to the student-athletes and their parents?”

usaToday Thursday, June 10, 2021 2:12:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

al Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

ChinaPost Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

ChinaPost Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

news-yahoo Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:00:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

news-yahoo Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:00:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

seattlepi Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

seattlepi Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It obviously gets harder with every passing day because of just the timelines of getting things done on short notice in the Congress,”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There's a lot of effort going into it and a lot of serious possibilities of getting it done,” “Whether it gets done on July 1 or after is, I think is one call. But I believe that the recognition that we need a federal (law), rather than 50 individual state laws, is clear and we hopefully we can accomplish that sooner or later”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We meaning the NCAA, the members, (the association’s governing) boards, schools, me we've made commitments to our student-athletes that we would have an opportunity for them to monetize their name, image and likeness by this coming school year,”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,"

fox10tv Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 1:46:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “They have to be the benchmarks that we judge gender equity by,”

nytimes Wednesday, April 7, 2021 3:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “There’s way too few women leaders in college sports,”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, April 2, 2021 6:56:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It is pretty self-evident that we dropped the ball in supporting our women’s athletes,”

WashingtonPost Friday, April 2, 2021 2:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "there are a lot of problems”. At the very top, meanwhile, there is a pronounced gender gap: An AP count of ADs in Division I found 307 men and 50 women, a split of 86% to 14%. Compare that to the 2020 breakdown of athletes: 53% men, 47% women. More than half of conferences — 17 of 32 — have one or no female ADs. “There’s way too few women leaders in college sports,"

wftv Friday, April 2, 2021 1:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I and everybody else in the NCAA have been so disappointed in the shortcomings that have been starkly abundant and recognized here in San Antonio,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m anxious to hear from them and to hear their thoughts and views,” “I understand their interest in being a part of that and together we can figure out a structure that, I think, we can all feel very comfortable with”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Those are debates for marketing people and those who want to promote the game,” “But I’m committed to making sure that we use the marks of the NCAA as effectively as we can in promoting women’s basketball”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “One of the biggest frustrations is that the team that’s down here in San Antonio the women’s committee, my staff that works on women’s basketball, all the volunteers around the community they’ve been working unbelievably hard. It’s just been really, really hard for everybody,” “And then to have this incredible event marred by these incidents is just wrenching. And anything that we could have done to avoid that I would have happily done and obviously wish we had. These athletes deserve that. They earned it. They deserve it. And we let them down. And that shouldn’t have occurred”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Everybody recognizes, everybody I’ve talked to recognizes and I listen closely to what they have to say because it’s very important they recognize that the issues are not just what happened here in San Antonio,” “Candidly, the issues that are here in San Antonio are things that can be fixed and fixed relatively easily. That’s not the fundamental problem. The fundamental problem is that 60-year head start I was talking about that we have for a long time had systemic disparities that have been a problem for gender equity. It’s not just in basketball; it’s across all sports. Indeed it’s in many things that go on in our society”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If the team or if an individual or a team were sadly had to move out of the location because the local health authorities — not the NCAA; it’s not our determination, it’s theirs — determined that they couldn’t participate, then they would have to forfeit a game and we would move on,” “And that would be tragic, obviously”

ChinaPost Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I, too, believe that it’s exactly the right moment to do it,” “You got my commitment, my personal commitment to spend an enormous amount of time and energy on on this problem and and making sure that we don’t lose the chance”

gazette Wednesday, March 31, 2021 10:12:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I, too, believe that it’s exactly the right moment to do it,” “You got my commitment, my personal commitment to spend an enormous amount of time and energy on on this problem and and making sure that we don’t lose the chance”

ChinaPost Wednesday, March 31, 2021 9:20:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can’t just say we’re in favor of everything being equivalent and fair, we’ve got to make sure that’s actually the case across the board,”

12newsnow Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3:01:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can’t just say we’re in favor of everything being equivalent and fair, we’ve got to make sure that’s actually the case across the board,”

bostonglobe Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve had a bunch of challenges to say the least, but there’s no doubt in my mind the NCAA is moving in a good direction despite all of this and as long as my board is supportive I want to keep doing this job,”

ChinaPost Sunday, March 28, 2021 2:21:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

680news Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “Furthermore, we are examining all championships in all three Divisions to identify any other gaps that need to be addressed, both qualitatively and quantitively, to achieve gender equity,”

newschannel5 Friday, March 26, 2021 10:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I have made clear that Kaplan Hecker and the staff supporting them will have direct access to the Board of Governors to discuss any issue that may arise during their work while Kaplan Hecker is conducting this review and assessment,”

newschannel5 Friday, March 26, 2021 10:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : «Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés»

la-croix Friday, March 26, 2021 8:53:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : "Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés"

tv5 Friday, March 26, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : "Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés"

afp-fr Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:41:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The NCAA will continue to aggressively address material and impactful differences between the Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I have made clear that Kaplan Hecker and the staff supporting them will have direct access to the Board of Governors to discuss any issue that may arise during their work while Kaplan Hecker is conducting this review and assessment,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The NCAA will continue to aggressively address material and impactful differences between the Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:19:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "I’m not a medical expert so not going to get into a debate about PCR and antigen. All the health experts said the protocol that we’re using in all of our venues and all of our championships has no different at all in terms of our ability to mitigate risk,"

usaToday Sunday, March 21, 2021 6:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “When does it start to disrupt other people?”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The first goal is no serious medical issues,” “That doesn’t mean we won’t have teams have to pull out or somebody test positive — we’re not naïve about that — but no serious medical issues throughout”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The first goal is no serious medical issues,” “That doesn’t mean we won’t have teams have to pull out or somebody test positive — we’re not naïve about that — but no serious medical issues throughout”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have complete confidence in all the medical protocols that have been put together,”

nytimes Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

masslive Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

680news Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

eagletribune Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There is certainly one part of it that’s never going to change, and that is we’re not going to take any risks that were not advised by all of the medical advisory groups that we have in place,” “We’re simply not going to do that”

nytimes Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,"

foxnews Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We think we have it right,"

foxnews Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” "We have to pause on this progress, and I'm very disappointed in that. More importantly, all of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and I suspect even angry. “But we need to make clear we're still committed, we're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules,"

click2houston Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

click2houston Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” "We have to pause on this progress, and I'm very disappointed in that. More importantly, all of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and I suspect even angry. “But we need to make clear we're still committed, we're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules,"

seattlepi Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

seattlepi Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “All of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and, I suspect, even angry,” “But we need to make clear we're still committed. We're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations, and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules. We promised this to our students. We're going to get it done”

usaToday Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this -- issues that frankly are beyond our control (voting to approve the changes) is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” “We're going to do it in a way that's consistent with all the laws that are applicable to the NCAA,”

usaToday Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We were right on the cusp of making some really, really important changes to provide some much-needed flexibility and, all of a sudden, now we’ve got to pause,”

nytimes Sunday, January 10, 2021 8:35:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “It’s extremely frustrating when we have so many people in the membership, so many presidents and (athletic directors) and faculty reps working on doing the right thing for students, especially around transfers and creating new opportunities, to have to now say we’ve got to pause until we sort this out,”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I am profoundly confident that we will get this done. That this is a pause, not a stoppage or a cancellation,” “It’s a timeout, if you will”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m excited about getting in front of the Supreme Court,” “I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity for us to tell the story of college sports and why we believe having this be governed by the universities themselves through the NCAA is the right way to go. And we warrant the ability to do that”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “It’s extremely frustrating when we have so many people in the membership, so many presidents and (athletic directors) and faculty reps working on doing the right thing for students, especially around transfers and creating new opportunities, to have to now say we’ve got to pause until we sort this out,”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I am profoundly confident that we will get this done. That this is a pause, not a stoppage or a cancellation,” “It’s a timeout, if you will”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m excited about getting in front of the Supreme Court,” “I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity for us to tell the story of college sports and why we believe having this be governed by the universities themselves through the NCAA is the right way to go. And we warrant the ability to do that”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : "The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law," "We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well"

startribune Sunday, January 10, 2021 1:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law,” “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 1:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law,” “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well”

tribtown Sunday, January 10, 2021 12:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

nytimes Sunday, January 10, 2021 12:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “As the pandemic continued to roar on, it was something Danny had brought to the Board of Governors, the D-I board, a number of times,”

usaToday Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have worked tirelessly to reimagine a tournament structure that maintains our unique championship opportunity for college athletes,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:10:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

bostonglobe Tuesday, January 5, 2021 6:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

wishtv Tuesday, January 5, 2021 6:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

bostonglobe Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

therepublic Tuesday, January 5, 2021 1:31:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

seattlepi Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

wkbw Monday, January 4, 2021 9:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

abcactionnews Monday, January 4, 2021 9:03:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "This is a historic moment for NCAA members and the state of Indiana,"

wtsp Monday, January 4, 2021 8:49:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

newschannel5 Monday, January 4, 2021 8:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

highlandstoday Sunday, December 20, 2020 9:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

syracuse Friday, December 18, 2020 6:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," "It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive"

arkansasonline Friday, December 18, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

gazette Friday, December 18, 2020 4:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

seattlepi Friday, December 18, 2020 3:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," "It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive"

startribune Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

thegrio Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:08:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

wishtv Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:29:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,”

ChinaPost Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:16:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

kswo Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

eagletribune Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:31:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

seattlepi Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:26:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

beaumontenterprise Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

therepublic Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:17:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

newschannel6now Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:13:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

gazette Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

click2houston Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

tribtown Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

independent-UK Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve done a whole array of things, many of which member schools in the past have said, ‘No, no, no, we can’t do that. That’s not right.’ Well, we’re doing it. And the sporting world hasn’t collapsed,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “And I know everybody’s got difficult financial decisions to make. We had to make a lot inside the national office. But trying to support these students in as many ways as we possibly can has really been the hallmark of all of this,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The pandemic and the financial struggles that have come with that, even at very, very well-financed schools makes those choices clearer and a little more stark,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve done a whole array of things, many of which member schools in the past have said, ‘No, no, no, we can’t do that. That’s not right.’ Well, we're doing it. And the sporting world hasn’t collapsed,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “And I know everybody’s got difficult financial decisions to make. We had to make a lot inside the national office. But trying to support these students in as many ways as we possibly can has really been the hallmark of all of this,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The pandemic and the financial struggles that have come with that, even at very, very well-financed schools makes those choices clearer and a little more stark,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no mandated background checks right now,”

politico Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

fox59 Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:36:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

wkbn Monday, November 16, 2020 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

fox59 Monday, November 16, 2020 8:59:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert alleging ( about Association ) : “widespread COVID health and safety violations exposed by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association”

dailynews Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

fox35orlando Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

fox35orlando Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

fox5atlanta Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

fox5atlanta Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period [of] furloughs,”

forbes Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:02:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

wishtv Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

wishtv Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

click2houston Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

click2houston Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

wkrn Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:32:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

wkrn Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:32:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

ChinaPost Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

ChinaPost Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Starting with 64 teams is tough. Thirty-two, okay, maybe that’s a manageable number. Sixteen, certainly manageable. But you’ve got to figure out those logistics,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Starting with 64 teams is tough. Thirty-two, OK, maybe that’s a manageable number. Sixteen, certainly manageable. But you’ve got to figure out those logistics,”

cleveland Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:29:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We don’t have authority to say to a school, 'Yeah, okay, we know that your conference isn’t playing and you want to go ahead and play over here,’ ” “I may think that’s a silly idea, but it’s not up to me; it’s not up to anybody”

WashingtonPost Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “History, if it’s taught us anything, people love the concept of a czar, but they hate czars,” “Authoritarianism is a really fun concept; it just sucks when people actually have to live under it”

WashingtonPost Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “My staff has been working hard on it and talking to all 32 commissioners and there are ways to do this,”

usaToday Saturday, August 15, 2020 12:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Saturday, August 15, 2020 12:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 11:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 8:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert says : “If we modify the model – which we have to do anyway because of the virus – shrink the bracket sizes, use predetermined sites and use bubbles or semi-bubble models … there’s a way to do it. Will it be normal? No. Is it doable? Yes. We want to make it work for these students,”

woub Friday, August 14, 2020 8:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 6:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

fox5atlanta Friday, August 14, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "The [NCAA] board of governors established if you don't have half of the schools playing a sport, you can't have a legitimate championship,"

upi Friday, August 14, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "My staff has been working hard on it, and talking to a lot of [conference] commissioners -- all of them, all 32 of them in D-I, and there are ways to do this,"

upi Friday, August 14, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’” “There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

wkbn Friday, August 14, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall," "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say 'OK, how can we create a legitimate championship for all those students.' ... I'm completely confident that we can figure this out"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, 'How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?' " "There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward ... let's do it"

arkansasonline Friday, August 14, 2020 10:49:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

fox35orlando Friday, August 14, 2020 9:06:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

suntimes Friday, August 14, 2020 5:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert says : "If we modify the model – which we have to do anyway because of the virus – shrink the bracket sizes, use predetermined sites and use bubbles or semi-bubble models ... there's a way to do it. Will it be normal? No. Is it doable? Yes. We want to make it work for these students,"

npr Friday, August 14, 2020 4:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I'm completely confident that we can figure this out,” “Will it create other conflicts and challenges? Of course. But is it doable? Yeah, it is doable”

politico Friday, August 14, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So, sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall, you know, full stop,”

politico Friday, August 14, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wishtv Friday, August 14, 2020 3:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wcnc Friday, August 14, 2020 2:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wtsp Friday, August 14, 2020 2:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We can't in any Division I NCAA sport have a championship, other than FBS football,"

wbtv Friday, August 14, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "There are ways to do this. I'm confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward and try and have… more than half want to do it. Let's do it," "We can use the fall to keep kids healthy, keep them in engaged with their coaches and athletic departments, focus on their academic success, work with them, let them practice and stay ready to play"

wbtv Friday, August 14, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, August 14, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If we modify the model, which we need to do anyway because of the virus, shrink the bracket sizes, do everything in predetermined sites instead of running kids around the country. Use predetermined sites, move toward a bubble or semi-bubble models,” “Will it be normal, of course not. Will it create other conflicts and challenges, of course. But is it doable? Yeah”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, August 14, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

whittierdailynews Friday, August 14, 2020 2:22:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

kgw Friday, August 14, 2020 2:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships, because there are not enough schools participating,”

al Friday, August 14, 2020 2:13:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have to give highest priority to the winter and spring sports, because they lost their championships last March,” “We made that horrible, awful, but necessary decision to shut down. … We’ve got to, first and foremost, protect those spaces. But if we modify the model, which we need to do anyway because of the virus … shrink the bracket sizes, do everything at pre-determined sites instead of running kids around the country … move toward bubbles or semi-bubbles in volleyball or soccer — there’s a way to do it. … It is doable, and we want to do that, make it work for those students”

al Friday, August 14, 2020 2:13:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

khou Friday, August 14, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall," "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say 'OK, how can we create a legitimate championship for all those students.' ... I'm completely confident that we can figure this out"

usaToday Friday, August 14, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Will it be normal? Of course not. It'll be playing fall sports in the spring. Will it create other conflicts and challenges? Of course," "But is it doable? Yeah. And we want to do that. We want to make it work for these students"

usaToday Friday, August 14, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

newschannel6now Friday, August 14, 2020 2:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

newswest9 Friday, August 14, 2020 1:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

12newsnow Friday, August 14, 2020 1:53:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wsaw Friday, August 14, 2020 1:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

eagletribune Friday, August 14, 2020 1:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wral Friday, August 14, 2020 1:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

seattlepi Friday, August 14, 2020 1:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We're all really hopeful that can be done,” “Obviously, everybody wants to have kids back on campus. Everybody wants fall sports to return. But we can't do it unless we can find a way to do it with minimized risk for these young people”

usaToday Saturday, August 8, 2020 4:22:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

wkrn Friday, August 7, 2020 7:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "It’s actually going to have to be each institution,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We’re at a place where all of the answers to all of the questions are complicated because they are very complicated questions,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "But that’s not to say that this wasn’t the result of a lot of conversations with students,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “First and foremost, we need to make sure we provide a safe environment for college athletes to compete for an opportunity to play in NCAA championships,” “A decision based on the realities in each division will provide clarity for conferences and campuses as they determine how to safely begin the academic year and the return to sports”

wearecentralpa Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:09:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

newschannel6now Thursday, August 6, 2020 6:20:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

newschannel6now Thursday, August 6, 2020 6:20:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

missoulian Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

missoulian Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

seattlepi Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Our decisions place emphasis where it belongs — on the health and safety of college athletes,” “Student-athletes should never feel pressured into playing their sport if they do not believe it is safe to do so. These policies ensure they can make thoughtful, informed decisions about playing this fall”

missoulian Wednesday, August 5, 2020 9:19:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : ”The health and well-being of college athletes is the highest priority in deciding whether to proceed with our 22 NCAA championships beginning in late November,”

buffalonews Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

news4jax Saturday, July 25, 2020 6:21:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,"

arkansasonline Saturday, July 25, 2020 10:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

virginislandsdailynews Saturday, July 25, 2020 7:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

eagletribune Saturday, July 25, 2020 1:36:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “All of the Division I commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus,”

usaToday Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it's very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

seattlepi Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:02:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it's very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

click2houston Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it’s very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

therepublic Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “When we made the extremely difficult decision to cancel last spring’s championships it was because there was simply no way to conduct them safely,”

forbes Friday, July 17, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Today, sadly, the data point in the wrong direction,”

mlive Friday, July 17, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Today, sadly, the data point in the wrong direction," "If there is to be college sports in the fall, we need to get a much better handle on the pandemic"

wptv Friday, July 17, 2020 12:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : "These updated rules are needed to minimize conflicts among athletes’ NIL opportunities across all the states and to reinforce our commitment to the principles of college athletics," "We must not allow obvious inequities to occur. We need to pas new rules. We must act to ensure that fair opportunities are provided"

foxnews Saturday, May 7, 2022 6:56:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

foxnews Wednesday, April 27, 2022 6:16:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert explained ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes. I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis,”

dailycaller Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:54:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

arkansasonline Wednesday, April 27, 2022 11:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, April 27, 2022 8:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

wwlp Wednesday, April 27, 2022 7:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

fox35orlando Wednesday, April 27, 2022 6:50:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

upi Wednesday, April 27, 2022 5:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wral Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

yourerie Wednesday, April 27, 2022 4:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Throughout my tenure I've emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,"

CBSnews Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

WashingtonPost Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

bostonglobe Wednesday, April 27, 2022 3:21:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

eagletribune Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Association ) : “Throughout my tenure, I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,” “I am extremely proud of the work of the Association over the last 12 years and especially pleased with the hard work and dedication of the national office staff here in Indianapolis”

fox59 Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wishtv Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure, I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

wkbn Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

click2houston Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Throughout my tenure I’ve emphasized the need to focus on the experience and priorities of student-athletes,”

seattlepi Wednesday, April 27, 2022 2:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If by this time next year there’s some notion of a direction to go in, that would be great,”

nytimes Sunday, April 3, 2022 1:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We’re at a place of huge disjuncture around college sports,”

cjonline Saturday, April 2, 2022 12:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The legal landscape as it exists today simply will not support and sustain the way college sports is conducted today,”

cjonline Saturday, April 2, 2022 12:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s just been really slow in getting through that new independent process that’s wound up reinvestigating the entire case,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’ll leave it to the school to make decisions about their coaches’ contracts,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said ( about Mark Emmert ) : “This tournament’s put on full display the beauty of college sport,” "People love it and enjoy it, and we’ve got to work with the schools and with Congress to make sure we can continue that. “We’ve got again a relatively short window of time — in my estimate, one and two years,” Emmert continued. “These decisions have to be made because of the dynamics that are underway right now that are far beyond the control of schools, coaches, (athletic directors) or presidents”. Currently, more than 30 states have been working on their own NIL laws. TRANSGENDER LEGISLATION. With a number of states considering or passing legislation restricting participation of transgender athletes, Emmert was asked whether the NCAA would bar those states from hosting championship events. The NCAA has largely followed the Olympic model that allows transgender athletes to compete if they've had certain biomedical treatments, including hormone therapies, meant to promote fairness. Emmert said the NCAA currently requires communities which wish to host events “to explain how it is that they’re going to make sure that the participants in that sport will be allowed to do that in a nondiscriminatory way. ... If they can do that, then we’ll be in those states"

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The only thing that I can say right now is that it’s clear that students are getting more opportunities to play. They’re getting more freedom of movement in some respects,”

news-yahoo Friday, April 1, 2022 5:37:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no reason why they couldn’t start that debate and that discussion,” “But it is a very challenging debate among the schools. Once you start talking about how you’re going to divide resources, then those are difficult”

forbes Friday, April 1, 2022 6:05:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

wishtv Friday, April 1, 2022 3:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

seattlepi Thursday, March 31, 2022 8:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, March 31, 2022 5:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s obviously in everyone in college sports’ best interests to maximize a revenue that you can produce from media contracts, while recognizing you want to balance that with making sure you get the right coverage, too,” “So it’s not just about money, of course”

click2houston Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “You have failed to take meaningful steps to correct deficiencies identified by the Committee and by an outside review, and you have failed to ensure gender equity across NCAA’s athletic programs,”

usaToday Wednesday, March 16, 2022 9:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no question it provided a jump-start,”

nytimes Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’d love for the numbers in the Kaplan report to be right,”

nytimes Tuesday, March 15, 2022 2:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

cbs46 Friday, January 21, 2022 5:32:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, January 21, 2022 2:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

whig Friday, January 21, 2022 2:10:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?”

ChinaPost Friday, January 21, 2022 1:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "The big-picture questions, frankly, are focused on what does Division I want to be, how does it define itself? What holds it together? What differentiates different members of that division?"

startribune Friday, January 21, 2022 1:44:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert noted : "Approximately 80% of US Olympians are either current or former college athletes,"

irishsun Thursday, January 20, 2022 10:56:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 7:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 4:54:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Approximately 80% of U.S. Olympians are either current or former college athletes," "This policy alignment provides consistency and further strengthens the relationship between college sports and the U.S. Olympics"

foxnews Thursday, January 20, 2022 1:51:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert : “Being a university president is the hardest job in America”

dailycaller Wednesday, December 8, 2021 10:10:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “He’s got a lot of skills and knowledge and he’s obviously a bright guy who can help find solutions,” “As the head of what many would argue is the dominant football conference right now, he’s put in a position that can be polarizing. And that would be true of anybody sitting there right now”

ChinaPost Saturday, December 4, 2021 12:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “He’s got a lot of skills and knowledge and he’s obviously a bright guy who can help find solutions,” “As the head of what many would argue is the dominant football conference right now, he’s put in a position that can be polarizing. And that would be true of anybody sitting there right now”

eagletribune Friday, December 3, 2021 11:31:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It has been a long time, 50 years, a half a century, since there was this thorough a look at what college sports is and how it should function,” “The inaction of the association at this particular moment would be very, very poorly received and it should be, frankly. If you have that much change going on, you darn well be better be ready and willing and able to change”

highlandstoday Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It has been a long time, 50 years, a half a century, since there was this thorough a look at what college sports is and how it should function,” “The inaction of the association at this particular moment would be very, very poorly received and it should be, frankly. If you have that much change going on, you darn well be better be ready and willing and able to change”

click2houston Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I ... thought it was a very successful first take, especially having never done anything quite like this in the history of the association,”

click2houston Tuesday, November 16, 2021 4:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Additionally, we remain committed to working with Congress to chart a path forward, which is a point the Supreme Court expressly stated in its ruling,”

washtimes Tuesday, June 22, 2021 1:06:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "The case also went to great lengths to point out the authority the association has in these and a variety of other areas and if we wanted broader authority than we currently have then we could and should work with Congress,"

startribune Tuesday, June 22, 2021 3:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Even though the decision does not directly address name, image and likeness, the NCAA remains committed to supporting NIL benefits for student-athletes,”

mlive Tuesday, June 22, 2021 12:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : "By July, all our athletes should be provided NIL opportunities regardless of the state they happen to live in,"

seattlepi Friday, June 18, 2021 11:27:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "It's a very challenging topic obviously," "The NCAA rules are all made by the schools themselves, through a representative body that functions very much like Congress does. They have been debating, discussing this and working toward this moment for at least three years now. And it is a very complicated subject. Coming up with the general consensus about what the outcome should be has been relatively easy – getting people to agree on the details of it has been extraordinarily complex. But I'm very hopeful that we finally have the schools at a place right now where they're ready to pass a national standard. That however will not alleviate the need for federal legislation"

npr Thursday, June 10, 2021 4:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Preferably by the end of the month,"

arkansasonline Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Don't you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?"

arkansasonline Thursday, June 10, 2021 11:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “and, under your leadership, student-athletes have been really sidelined when it comes to these issues because of an NCAA that cannot seem to make up its mind. So my question to you is simply this: Do you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question? Do you think you are still capable and fit to lead this organization to make a decision that is going to be fair to the student-athletes and their parents?”

usaToday Thursday, June 10, 2021 2:12:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

al Thursday, June 10, 2021 12:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

ChinaPost Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

ChinaPost Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

news-yahoo Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:00:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

news-yahoo Wednesday, June 9, 2021 10:00:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Preferably by the end of the month,”

seattlepi Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Don’t you think it is time to call your leadership of the organization into question?”

seattlepi Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Wednesday, June 9, 2021 8:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It obviously gets harder with every passing day because of just the timelines of getting things done on short notice in the Congress,”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There's a lot of effort going into it and a lot of serious possibilities of getting it done,” “Whether it gets done on July 1 or after is, I think is one call. But I believe that the recognition that we need a federal (law), rather than 50 individual state laws, is clear and we hopefully we can accomplish that sooner or later”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We meaning the NCAA, the members, (the association’s governing) boards, schools, me we've made commitments to our student-athletes that we would have an opportunity for them to monetize their name, image and likeness by this coming school year,”

usaToday Sunday, May 9, 2021 1:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,"

fox10tv Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 6:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 3:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We need to get a vote on these rules that are in front of the members now,”

nytimes Saturday, May 8, 2021 1:46:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “They have to be the benchmarks that we judge gender equity by,”

nytimes Wednesday, April 7, 2021 3:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “There’s way too few women leaders in college sports,”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, April 2, 2021 6:56:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It is pretty self-evident that we dropped the ball in supporting our women’s athletes,”

WashingtonPost Friday, April 2, 2021 2:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : "there are a lot of problems”. At the very top, meanwhile, there is a pronounced gender gap: An AP count of ADs in Division I found 307 men and 50 women, a split of 86% to 14%. Compare that to the 2020 breakdown of athletes: 53% men, 47% women. More than half of conferences — 17 of 32 — have one or no female ADs. “There’s way too few women leaders in college sports,"

wftv Friday, April 2, 2021 1:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I and everybody else in the NCAA have been so disappointed in the shortcomings that have been starkly abundant and recognized here in San Antonio,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m anxious to hear from them and to hear their thoughts and views,” “I understand their interest in being a part of that and together we can figure out a structure that, I think, we can all feel very comfortable with”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Those are debates for marketing people and those who want to promote the game,” “But I’m committed to making sure that we use the marks of the NCAA as effectively as we can in promoting women’s basketball”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “One of the biggest frustrations is that the team that’s down here in San Antonio the women’s committee, my staff that works on women’s basketball, all the volunteers around the community they’ve been working unbelievably hard. It’s just been really, really hard for everybody,” “And then to have this incredible event marred by these incidents is just wrenching. And anything that we could have done to avoid that I would have happily done and obviously wish we had. These athletes deserve that. They earned it. They deserve it. And we let them down. And that shouldn’t have occurred”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Everybody recognizes, everybody I’ve talked to recognizes and I listen closely to what they have to say because it’s very important they recognize that the issues are not just what happened here in San Antonio,” “Candidly, the issues that are here in San Antonio are things that can be fixed and fixed relatively easily. That’s not the fundamental problem. The fundamental problem is that 60-year head start I was talking about that we have for a long time had systemic disparities that have been a problem for gender equity. It’s not just in basketball; it’s across all sports. Indeed it’s in many things that go on in our society”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, April 1, 2021 10:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If the team or if an individual or a team were sadly had to move out of the location because the local health authorities — not the NCAA; it’s not our determination, it’s theirs — determined that they couldn’t participate, then they would have to forfeit a game and we would move on,” “And that would be tragic, obviously”

ChinaPost Thursday, April 1, 2021 3:26:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I, too, believe that it’s exactly the right moment to do it,” “You got my commitment, my personal commitment to spend an enormous amount of time and energy on on this problem and and making sure that we don’t lose the chance”

gazette Wednesday, March 31, 2021 10:12:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I, too, believe that it’s exactly the right moment to do it,” “You got my commitment, my personal commitment to spend an enormous amount of time and energy on on this problem and and making sure that we don’t lose the chance”

ChinaPost Wednesday, March 31, 2021 9:20:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can’t just say we’re in favor of everything being equivalent and fair, we’ve got to make sure that’s actually the case across the board,”

12newsnow Wednesday, March 31, 2021 3:01:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can’t just say we’re in favor of everything being equivalent and fair, we’ve got to make sure that’s actually the case across the board,”

bostonglobe Wednesday, March 31, 2021 7:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve had a bunch of challenges to say the least, but there’s no doubt in my mind the NCAA is moving in a good direction despite all of this and as long as my board is supportive I want to keep doing this job,”

ChinaPost Sunday, March 28, 2021 2:21:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

wcnc Saturday, March 27, 2021 10:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

680news Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:38:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

12newsnow Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

wftv Saturday, March 27, 2021 7:25:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

eagletribune Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Clearly we should have had better communication between my teams,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We can't just say we're in favor or everything being equivalent and fair, we've got to make sure that's actually the case across the board,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We dropped the ball in San Antonio in the women’s basketball tournament,”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We know that we've had decades of undervaluing women's sports throughout the entire sports spectrum,” “We need to think through how we address that. We need to think through how we want to more aggressively support and promote women's sports”

click2houston Saturday, March 27, 2021 3:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “Furthermore, we are examining all championships in all three Divisions to identify any other gaps that need to be addressed, both qualitatively and quantitively, to achieve gender equity,”

newschannel5 Friday, March 26, 2021 10:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I have made clear that Kaplan Hecker and the staff supporting them will have direct access to the Board of Governors to discuss any issue that may arise during their work while Kaplan Hecker is conducting this review and assessment,”

newschannel5 Friday, March 26, 2021 10:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : «Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés»

la-croix Friday, March 26, 2021 8:53:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : "Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés"

tv5 Friday, March 26, 2021 1:12:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert expliqué : "Bien qu'il soit encore très tôt dans le processus, nous espérons avoir ces évaluations préliminaires à la fin du mois d'avril, avec un rapport final cet été après que tous nos championnats sont terminés"

afp-fr Thursday, March 25, 2021 11:41:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The NCAA will continue to aggressively address material and impactful differences between the Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I have made clear that Kaplan Hecker and the staff supporting them will have direct access to the Board of Governors to discuss any issue that may arise during their work while Kaplan Hecker is conducting this review and assessment,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 10:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The NCAA will continue to aggressively address material and impactful differences between the Division I men’s and women’s basketball championships,”

ChinaPost Thursday, March 25, 2021 9:19:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "I’m not a medical expert so not going to get into a debate about PCR and antigen. All the health experts said the protocol that we’re using in all of our venues and all of our championships has no different at all in terms of our ability to mitigate risk,"

usaToday Sunday, March 21, 2021 6:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “When does it start to disrupt other people?”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The first goal is no serious medical issues,” “That doesn’t mean we won’t have teams have to pull out or somebody test positive — we’re not naïve about that — but no serious medical issues throughout”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 4:17:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The first goal is no serious medical issues,” “That doesn’t mean we won’t have teams have to pull out or somebody test positive — we’re not naïve about that — but no serious medical issues throughout”

nytimes Sunday, March 21, 2021 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have complete confidence in all the medical protocols that have been put together,”

nytimes Saturday, March 20, 2021 8:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

HonululuAdvertiser Thursday, March 18, 2021 11:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

masslive Thursday, March 18, 2021 6:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

680news Thursday, March 18, 2021 3:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I know the members are ready, willing and able to act on (NIL), but there’s no doubt that this is all been made more complex because of their position, the DOJ, the antitrust division’s position and our uncertainty about it and its connection to the Supreme Court case,”

eagletribune Thursday, March 18, 2021 2:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There is certainly one part of it that’s never going to change, and that is we’re not going to take any risks that were not advised by all of the medical advisory groups that we have in place,” “We’re simply not going to do that”

nytimes Tuesday, March 16, 2021 8:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,"

foxnews Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We think we have it right,"

foxnews Wednesday, January 13, 2021 12:23:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” "We have to pause on this progress, and I'm very disappointed in that. More importantly, all of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and I suspect even angry. “But we need to make clear we're still committed, we're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules,"

click2houston Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

click2houston Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this, issues that frankly are beyond our control, it is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” "We have to pause on this progress, and I'm very disappointed in that. More importantly, all of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and I suspect even angry. “But we need to make clear we're still committed, we're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules,"

seattlepi Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We think we have it right,”

seattlepi Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:43:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “All of our college athletes are profoundly disappointed and, I suspect, even angry,” “But we need to make clear we're still committed. We're still determined to move forward with name, image and likeness modernizations, and certainly with changing Division I transfer rules. We promised this to our students. We're going to get it done”

usaToday Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Because of an enormous amount of issues surrounding all of this -- issues that frankly are beyond our control (voting to approve the changes) is now a very ill-advised thing for us to do at this stage,” “We're going to do it in a way that's consistent with all the laws that are applicable to the NCAA,”

usaToday Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:07:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We were right on the cusp of making some really, really important changes to provide some much-needed flexibility and, all of a sudden, now we’ve got to pause,”

nytimes Sunday, January 10, 2021 8:35:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “It’s extremely frustrating when we have so many people in the membership, so many presidents and (athletic directors) and faculty reps working on doing the right thing for students, especially around transfers and creating new opportunities, to have to now say we’ve got to pause until we sort this out,”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I am profoundly confident that we will get this done. That this is a pause, not a stoppage or a cancellation,” “It’s a timeout, if you will”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m excited about getting in front of the Supreme Court,” “I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity for us to tell the story of college sports and why we believe having this be governed by the universities themselves through the NCAA is the right way to go. And we warrant the ability to do that”

680news Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “It’s extremely frustrating when we have so many people in the membership, so many presidents and (athletic directors) and faculty reps working on doing the right thing for students, especially around transfers and creating new opportunities, to have to now say we’ve got to pause until we sort this out,”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I am profoundly confident that we will get this done. That this is a pause, not a stoppage or a cancellation,” “It’s a timeout, if you will”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I’m excited about getting in front of the Supreme Court,” “I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity for us to tell the story of college sports and why we believe having this be governed by the universities themselves through the NCAA is the right way to go. And we warrant the ability to do that”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 2:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : "The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law," "We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well"

startribune Sunday, January 10, 2021 1:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law,” “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well”

therepublic Sunday, January 10, 2021 1:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “The NCAA and its member schools are committed to ensuring that NCAA rules comply with all applicable laws, including federal antitrust law,” “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant. Whenever we consider revisions to the rules, however, we of course receive input from many interested parties, and we welcome your invitation to consult with the Department so that we can hear and fully understand its views as well”

tribtown Sunday, January 10, 2021 12:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We believe, as courts have regularly held, that our current amateurism and other rules are indeed fully compliant,”

nytimes Sunday, January 10, 2021 12:01:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “As the pandemic continued to roar on, it was something Danny had brought to the Board of Governors, the D-I board, a number of times,”

usaToday Tuesday, January 5, 2021 3:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have worked tirelessly to reimagine a tournament structure that maintains our unique championship opportunity for college athletes,”

tribtown Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:10:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

bostonglobe Tuesday, January 5, 2021 6:37:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

wishtv Tuesday, January 5, 2021 6:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

bostonglobe Tuesday, January 5, 2021 2:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

therepublic Tuesday, January 5, 2021 1:31:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Last year, we had to rip March Madness away from all the teams and all the fans at the very last minute,” “We know it was the right thing to do, but it was a painful thing to do. So we want to deliver this year on the promise of March Madness. They deserve it”

seattlepi Tuesday, January 5, 2021 12:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

wkbw Monday, January 4, 2021 9:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

abcactionnews Monday, January 4, 2021 9:03:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "This is a historic moment for NCAA members and the state of Indiana,"

wtsp Monday, January 4, 2021 8:49:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We're not naive about how hard this is going to be," "We owe this opportunity to provide a healthy, safe environment for the teams coming to Indy"

newschannel5 Monday, January 4, 2021 8:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

highlandstoday Sunday, December 20, 2020 9:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

syracuse Friday, December 18, 2020 6:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," "It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive"

arkansasonline Friday, December 18, 2020 12:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

gazette Friday, December 18, 2020 4:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

seattlepi Friday, December 18, 2020 3:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," "It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive"

startribune Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:12:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

thegrio Thursday, December 17, 2020 8:08:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

wishtv Thursday, December 17, 2020 6:29:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,”

ChinaPost Thursday, December 17, 2020 5:16:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

kswo Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

eagletribune Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:31:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

seattlepi Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:26:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

beaumontenterprise Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

therepublic Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:17:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

newschannel6now Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:13:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

gazette Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:11:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

click2houston Thursday, December 17, 2020 4:08:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So we need Congress to act, but we’re also trying to signal to everybody that we’re ready for this and we’re going to move forward if we possibly can,” “It’s the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it’s not destructive”

tribtown Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:50:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "So we need Congress to act, but we're also trying to signal to everybody that we're ready for this and we're going to move forward if we possibly can," “It's the right thing to do, but we need to do it in a way that supports college athletics and it's not destructive”

independent-UK Thursday, December 17, 2020 3:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve done a whole array of things, many of which member schools in the past have said, ‘No, no, no, we can’t do that. That’s not right.’ Well, we’re doing it. And the sporting world hasn’t collapsed,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “And I know everybody’s got difficult financial decisions to make. We had to make a lot inside the national office. But trying to support these students in as many ways as we possibly can has really been the hallmark of all of this,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The pandemic and the financial struggles that have come with that, even at very, very well-financed schools makes those choices clearer and a little more stark,”

HonululuAdvertiser Wednesday, December 9, 2020 7:34:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert told : “We’ve done a whole array of things, many of which member schools in the past have said, ‘No, no, no, we can’t do that. That’s not right.’ Well, we're doing it. And the sporting world hasn’t collapsed,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “And I know everybody’s got difficult financial decisions to make. We had to make a lot inside the national office. But trying to support these students in as many ways as we possibly can has really been the hallmark of all of this,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The pandemic and the financial struggles that have come with that, even at very, very well-financed schools makes those choices clearer and a little more stark,”

click2houston Wednesday, December 9, 2020 2:59:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “There’s no mandated background checks right now,”

politico Wednesday, November 18, 2020 1:53:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

fox59 Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:36:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

wkbn Monday, November 16, 2020 9:35:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “The committee and staff have thoughtfully monitored the pandemic to develop potential contingency plans,”

fox59 Monday, November 16, 2020 8:59:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert alleging ( about Association ) : “widespread COVID health and safety violations exposed by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association”

dailynews Saturday, September 26, 2020 2:42:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

fox35orlando Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

fox35orlando Thursday, September 3, 2020 6:15:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

fox5atlanta Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

fox5atlanta Thursday, September 3, 2020 4:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period [of] furloughs,”

forbes Thursday, September 3, 2020 3:02:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

wishtv Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

wishtv Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

click2houston Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

click2houston Thursday, September 3, 2020 1:14:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

wkrn Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:32:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

wkrn Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:32:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “There decisions are unfortunate but necessary as we continue to identify ways to cut costs across the national office,”

ChinaPost Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert wrote : “We are committed to supporting our member schools and conferences and student-athletes in every way possible, and yet I expect that some of our services to membership may be limited or delayed during this period furloughs,” “I ask for your patience as we all strive to weather these difficult times together”

ChinaPost Wednesday, September 2, 2020 11:14:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Starting with 64 teams is tough. Thirty-two, okay, maybe that’s a manageable number. Sixteen, certainly manageable. But you’ve got to figure out those logistics,”

WashingtonPost Saturday, August 22, 2020 2:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Starting with 64 teams is tough. Thirty-two, OK, maybe that’s a manageable number. Sixteen, certainly manageable. But you’ve got to figure out those logistics,”

cleveland Tuesday, August 18, 2020 1:29:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We don’t have authority to say to a school, 'Yeah, okay, we know that your conference isn’t playing and you want to go ahead and play over here,’ ” “I may think that’s a silly idea, but it’s not up to me; it’s not up to anybody”

WashingtonPost Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “History, if it’s taught us anything, people love the concept of a czar, but they hate czars,” “Authoritarianism is a really fun concept; it just sucks when people actually have to live under it”

WashingtonPost Sunday, August 16, 2020 3:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “My staff has been working hard on it and talking to all 32 commissioners and there are ways to do this,”

usaToday Saturday, August 15, 2020 12:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Saturday, August 15, 2020 12:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 11:18:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 8:47:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert says : “If we modify the model – which we have to do anyway because of the virus – shrink the bracket sizes, use predetermined sites and use bubbles or semi-bubble models … there’s a way to do it. Will it be normal? No. Is it doable? Yes. We want to make it work for these students,”

woub Friday, August 14, 2020 8:33:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 6:44:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

fox5atlanta Friday, August 14, 2020 6:20:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "The [NCAA] board of governors established if you don't have half of the schools playing a sport, you can't have a legitimate championship,"

upi Friday, August 14, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "My staff has been working hard on it, and talking to a lot of [conference] commissioners -- all of them, all 32 of them in D-I, and there are ways to do this,"

upi Friday, August 14, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall,"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 4:42:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’” “There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

wkbn Friday, August 14, 2020 4:23:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall," "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say 'OK, how can we create a legitimate championship for all those students.' ... I'm completely confident that we can figure this out"

news-yahoo Friday, August 14, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, 'How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?' " "There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward ... let's do it"

arkansasonline Friday, August 14, 2020 10:49:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

fox35orlando Friday, August 14, 2020 9:06:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

suntimes Friday, August 14, 2020 5:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert says : "If we modify the model – which we have to do anyway because of the virus – shrink the bracket sizes, use predetermined sites and use bubbles or semi-bubble models ... there's a way to do it. Will it be normal? No. Is it doable? Yes. We want to make it work for these students,"

npr Friday, August 14, 2020 4:45:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “I'm completely confident that we can figure this out,” “Will it create other conflicts and challenges? Of course. But is it doable? Yeah, it is doable”

politico Friday, August 14, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “So, sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall, you know, full stop,”

politico Friday, August 14, 2020 3:39:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wishtv Friday, August 14, 2020 3:19:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wcnc Friday, August 14, 2020 2:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wtsp Friday, August 14, 2020 2:30:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We can't in any Division I NCAA sport have a championship, other than FBS football,"

wbtv Friday, August 14, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "There are ways to do this. I'm confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward and try and have… more than half want to do it. Let's do it," "We can use the fall to keep kids healthy, keep them in engaged with their coaches and athletic departments, focus on their academic success, work with them, let them practice and stay ready to play"

wbtv Friday, August 14, 2020 2:28:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out. If schools and conferences want to move forward … let’s do it”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, August 14, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “If we modify the model, which we need to do anyway because of the virus, shrink the bracket sizes, do everything in predetermined sites instead of running kids around the country. Use predetermined sites, move toward a bubble or semi-bubble models,” “Will it be normal, of course not. Will it create other conflicts and challenges, of course. But is it doable? Yeah”

HonululuAdvertiser Friday, August 14, 2020 2:27:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

whittierdailynews Friday, August 14, 2020 2:22:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

kgw Friday, August 14, 2020 2:18:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We cannot, at this point, have fall NCAA championships, because there are not enough schools participating,”

al Friday, August 14, 2020 2:13:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We have to give highest priority to the winter and spring sports, because they lost their championships last March,” “We made that horrible, awful, but necessary decision to shut down. … We’ve got to, first and foremost, protect those spaces. But if we modify the model, which we need to do anyway because of the virus … shrink the bracket sizes, do everything at pre-determined sites instead of running kids around the country … move toward bubbles or semi-bubbles in volleyball or soccer — there’s a way to do it. … It is doable, and we want to do that, make it work for those students”

al Friday, August 14, 2020 2:13:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

khou Friday, August 14, 2020 2:11:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Sadly, tragically, that's going to be the case this fall," "That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say 'OK, how can we create a legitimate championship for all those students.' ... I'm completely confident that we can figure this out"

usaToday Friday, August 14, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Will it be normal? Of course not. It'll be playing fall sports in the spring. Will it create other conflicts and challenges? Of course," "But is it doable? Yeah. And we want to do that. We want to make it work for these students"

usaToday Friday, August 14, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

newschannel6now Friday, August 14, 2020 2:03:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

newswest9 Friday, August 14, 2020 1:54:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

12newsnow Friday, August 14, 2020 1:53:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that’s going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn’t mean we shouldn’t and can’t turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wsaw Friday, August 14, 2020 1:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

eagletribune Friday, August 14, 2020 1:47:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

wral Friday, August 14, 2020 1:40:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Sadly, tragically that's going to be the case this fall. Full stop,” “That doesn't mean we shouldn't and can't turn toward winter and spring and say, ‘How can we create a legitimate championship for those students?’ There are ways to do this. I am completely confident we can figure this out”

seattlepi Friday, August 14, 2020 1:33:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We're all really hopeful that can be done,” “Obviously, everybody wants to have kids back on campus. Everybody wants fall sports to return. But we can't do it unless we can find a way to do it with minimized risk for these young people”

usaToday Saturday, August 8, 2020 4:22:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

wkrn Friday, August 7, 2020 7:55:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "It’s actually going to have to be each institution,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We’re at a place where all of the answers to all of the questions are complicated because they are very complicated questions,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "But that’s not to say that this wasn’t the result of a lot of conversations with students,"

cjonline Thursday, August 6, 2020 10:25:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “First and foremost, we need to make sure we provide a safe environment for college athletes to compete for an opportunity to play in NCAA championships,” “A decision based on the realities in each division will provide clarity for conferences and campuses as they determine how to safely begin the academic year and the return to sports”

wearecentralpa Thursday, August 6, 2020 4:09:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

newschannel6now Thursday, August 6, 2020 6:20:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

newschannel6now Thursday, August 6, 2020 6:20:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

missoulian Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "What we did today with the board is we said, look, you have to meet these kinds of standards and you have to provide these kinds of opportunities and this kind of information to students to even move forward on this,"

missoulian Thursday, August 6, 2020 2:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “It’s actually going to have to be each institution,”

seattlepi Thursday, August 6, 2020 1:51:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Our decisions place emphasis where it belongs — on the health and safety of college athletes,” “Student-athletes should never feel pressured into playing their sport if they do not believe it is safe to do so. These policies ensure they can make thoughtful, informed decisions about playing this fall”

missoulian Wednesday, August 5, 2020 9:19:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : ”The health and well-being of college athletes is the highest priority in deciding whether to proceed with our 22 NCAA championships beginning in late November,”

buffalonews Wednesday, August 5, 2020 7:09:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

news4jax Saturday, July 25, 2020 6:21:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,"

arkansasonline Saturday, July 25, 2020 10:46:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

virginislandsdailynews Saturday, July 25, 2020 7:00:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “We discussed other complexities in addition to the health and safety impacts, to include team availability, travel limitations and various local and state restrictions,”

eagletribune Saturday, July 25, 2020 1:36:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “All of the Division I commissioners and every president that I’ve talked to is in clear agreement: If you don’t have students on campus, you don’t have student-athletes on campus,”

usaToday Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:07:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it's very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

seattlepi Thursday, July 23, 2020 2:02:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it's very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

click2houston Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:58:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “College athletics needs a safe harbor in which NIL opportunities can be administered,” “But it’s very important to note the NCAA is not seeking a broad-based antitrust exemption as some people have suggested. We simply want to be able to allow students to monetize their name, image and likeness in a fair and equitable manner”

therepublic Thursday, July 23, 2020 1:41:00 AM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “When we made the extremely difficult decision to cancel last spring’s championships it was because there was simply no way to conduct them safely,”

forbes Friday, July 17, 2020 11:17:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : “Today, sadly, the data point in the wrong direction,”

mlive Friday, July 17, 2020 1:40:00 PM EAT

Mark Emmert said : "Today, sadly, the data point in the wrong direction," "If there is to be college sports in the fall, we need to get a much better handle on the pandemic"

wptv Friday, July 17, 2020 12:35:00 PM EAT