Tom Hansen
Tom Hansen
assuming people start week willing
We're going to start pressing a lot of it this week ... assuming people are willing to talk.
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Property taxes are too high because valuations are too high. I would support a tax shift, with an increase of sales and income taxes. It will not be a popular idea, but the burden of property taxes is too high on farm and ranch land.
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The idea is to try to get relationships developed because it's my thought that when an athletic director has to hire a major coach, he doesn't have time to really start meeting people. There's the statement made that ADs hire people they know. Well, it's true. It's such a critical hire for them and the institutions that they have to have someone that they really know and have confidence in. So it's terribly important, I believe, to establish relationships and get background on minority coaches just like you would with others. So we took some extra effort to make sure that occurs.
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He's a drop-back, three-step quarterback. His forte is throwing the football, ... Physically, I think his talents fit well with that style offense. It's similar to what he did in high school.
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ABC is going to want to keep us from going to the open marketplace, but we're going to be very interested in going there if ABC doesn't make a preemptive offer. We've never had the opportunity to test it on the open marketplace.
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It's absurd to say getting to the Sweet 16 equates to winning a national title. There's no question Duke's record of the past 15 years is impressive, but how many national championships have they won? Three doesn't equal 10.
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Bill was one of the first names suggested to us. We were very impressed with the candidates. Bill has a great passion for college athletics. He has terrific personal relationships in our business and with the media. We felt he would bring credibility to the position.
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It's about time the Pac-10 was impacted positively by a hurricane,
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The bottom line is that a 10-1 team was passed over for two 9-2 teams. I didn't think it was fair that Ohio State was rated ahead of Oregon, especially when Oregon's only loss was to USC.
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It's a big loss for Stanford, and it's a big loss for the conference. The achievements are truly monumental, looking at it in terms of building the program, hiring outstanding coaches and building outstanding facilities. The one missing facility is the football stadium, and now that's moving forward.
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I've talked to some of these convenience stores that do like this touch play because they say it brings income into their stores. Again, if there were more people living out in the country, they wouldn't need these touch play machines because there would be more people in their stores buying things.
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They open that road prematurely every single winter storm. I think they open it for economic reasons rather than taking care of the safety of the motoring public.
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In each incident, the player committed an unsporting act toward an opposing player. The actions warranted the one-game suspension.
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I want to commit as soon as possible, ... I want to get it over with. It's everything. It's the calls every day, the coaches wanting to be your friends. ... It's a tough decision. It's hard.