Tim Frank Quotations

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.

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.

I'm so glad I can help my team out. We need it.

We're continuing to work with the Hornets to analyze contingency plans, but no decisions have been made.

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.

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.

This year there's been a lot more violations. There's been twice as many as last year to this point.

We should have some type of flexibility since teams have been able to do that the entire season. We just kind of felt like that was the best way to go.

It would not be prudent to discuss speculation about what an owner may or may not have said.

Specific details are being finalized. People should wait until they see what the actual facts are before they rush to judgment.

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.

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.

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

I told myself that everyone can be beat. I just put a smile on myself and treat him like he's just another wrestler.

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

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.

The goal is to get in a situation where both sides are comfortable.

The medical protocols employed by our teams have traditionally been left to the best practices of team physicians,

The medical protocols employed by our teams have traditionally been left t o the best practices of team physicians. However, in light of recent events that have occurred not just in the NBA but in other sports as well, we think it is prudent to follow up with our teams to find out what the norms are across the league.