“I think one of the most immoral things is college football and basketball, where everybody is making money except the players.” ThinkingPlayerFootballCollegeBasketballMaking MoneyImmoralCollege Football Author:Frank Deford
“If the players aren't getting paid, there's something terribly, terribly wrong, and that's true only in the United States. Everywhere else, where money is involved with sport, the players get paid. But these poor kids in college, they're doing it for free, and that's just disgraceful.” IfsStatesKidsSportsPoorUnitedUnited StatesPlayerCollegeInvolvedPaidDisgraceful Author:Frank Deford
“I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, "Deford, you write basketball better than you play it."” WritingSaidPlayCollegeBasketballAthleteCoachesFlatsBetter Than You Author:Frank Deford
“If you're a white kid growing up and you see a Black player and he's got the name of your college or your town across his chest, that means something.” IfsMeanKidsNamesBlackWhiteGrowing UpGrowingPlayerCollegeTownsChestsKids Growing UpOur Town Author:Frank Deford
“I criticize the NFL in many ways, but I think it's made great strides. I think college basketball, great strides. College football means so much to alumni, doesn't it? It sort of represents the school. It's when you go back; it's at the beginning of the school year.” ThinkingWayYearsMeanMadeSchoolFootballCollegeBasketballNflCriticizeStrideCollege FootballSchool YearsCollege BasketballAlumni Author:Frank Deford
“I don't think you can explain why all these other sports and college basketball have a fair representation of African American coaches, but college football doesn't. You can dig and scramble and scratch, but at the end of the day I think it's just pure, old-fashioned racism.” ThinkingEndsSportsFootballCollegePureBasketballRacismFairsCoachesAfrican AmericanThe End Of The DayRepresentationOld FashionedScratchesCollege FootballCollege Basketball Author:Frank Deford
