Tim Frank Quotes (12 Quotes)

We're trying to help them get back on their feet. Obviously, they have staff all over the place, and we're trying to help them select a place for training camp.

If the team doctor informs the league that it's medically necessary, then the player is permitted to wear it. Whether it's padding or tights, it doesn't matter.

At the annual meeting of team doctors, a panel of independent cardiologists retained by the league gave a presentation of sudden cardiac death in athletes. The presentation included a cardiac screening protocol that, beginning next season, will be required of all teams. The hearts of large, elite athletes differ from so-called 'normal hearts,' and the panel felt that having a standardized protocol -- informed by the most up-to-date learning -- for examining these hearts is the best thing for the health and safety of our players.

The league is working closely with the players' union to determine exactly what will be included in the dress code. Although several media outlets have reported that blue jeans will be outlawed, that may not be the case when teams receive the memo. Specific details are being finalized, ... People should wait until they see what the actual facts are before they rush to judgment.

These are highly competent, highly educated people who work very hard at their job. They're not machines. They're people. They work diligently at their craft. ... It's important for people to understand that.

This is the World Series of news design, so we're quite honored to be in this kind of company. It definitely speaks to the quality of the people across the whole visual team, and it really says something about the commitment to visual storytelling that this paper has.

We consider draft picks to be really big assets. We just felt like our teams would be better prepared and have more information on players if they were able to see them on a little higher-level competition. Picking guys out of high school was a very difficult thing.

Our policy . . . does not require a player to take a drug test at any point during a game, and we will ensure going forward that no testing is conducted during this time.

That's always been our policy.

It's way too early to be able to predict how things will play out.

It was created to give teams more flexibility putting their rosters together.

There were times he could get very pointed with people he thought were messing with landmarks, but for the most part I thought he was genteel, gracious, very polite. I saw him a lot, and I thought he was nice to everybody. He never rubbed his wealth in anybody's nose or acted above anybody.