Tom Burnett Quotes (11 Quotes)

We recognize that Mississippi State isn't what it was a year ago, but for a league like ours that is starved for basketball success, Mississippi State might as well be ranked in the top five.

ISS is the only place to go now for independent proxy advice,

They have to do the right thing for their shareholders and make sure they don't buy a pig in a poke.

We are very proud to be included in the ESPN Bracket Buster Saturday pool, and feel we are very deserving of consideration, ... Both Northwestern State and SFA have enjoyed success over the last three years, and we feel they will represent us very well. We thank our good friends at ESPN for their interest in Southland Conference basketball.

That's stupid, because most of these large deals are equity. Look at all of the major transactions, where's the burden If anything (this type of merger) is positive for the balance sheets because it builds your equity base to support the existing debt.

The joke here is that basketball season in football country doesn't start until after the Super Bowl. That's in February.

We saw they had a very competitive athletic program, they were in a good location. It seemed to make sense for us.

I explained this goes back centuries as an old-time Islamic symbol, ... I told them we'd be a laughing stock if we did this.

The bigger deals pending right now are almost all stock deals and hopefully, the management of the buyers are able to do a good selling job. I think that we're okay overall, but at some point the shareholder votes are going to become an issue.

The market is expecting that the independent directors will say that the price is inadequate in terms of a premium for control. A higher price will have to be paid for the independent directors to go along with it.

We want to see our coaches move on to head coaching positions at a higher level.