Player Eligibility Quotes

I could have become an E.U. player if I'd wanted to, but I am, and prefer to remain, Argentine.

The last thing the NFL wants to do is make problems for the colleges.

Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row.

What is the NCAA going to do a program if a kid leaves before two years. You can't control it. The NBA is the one that has to control it.

If I went to play for Lithuania or Latvia, no one would have talked about it.

I don't want players coming in from the college level that are either trying to avoid a suspension, declare themselves ineligible on their own, hire an agent and decide, 'I'm going to enter into the NFL.'

The England team shouldn't be picked on whichever players are in the Premier League when you've got a Premier League player playing in the Championship.

If you are a player and you don't really retire by yourself there should still be an opportunity to qualify for the national team.

The European Commission says that people who are working the country can play in the national team. Perhaps Didier Drogba can play for England after five years. We have to protect against that.

I'm enjoying it with Ireland, and I won't be pressured into playing for England.

The qualifying system helps the top guys like Sergio Garcia, who play most of their golf in the U.S. They can rely on the world rankings and just play their four extra events [with the four majors and three World Golf Championship events counting as seven European events]. But for the other guys it's tough, and I don't know if that can be changed. It is a tricky situation.

If I went to Spain and lived there for five years, I'm not going to play for Spain. For me an English player should play for England, really.

When you represent a club it's about values and qualities, not about passports.

I'm English, I've always wanted to play for England but it's out of my hands.

Any player playing at a high level is available for consideration to the women's national team.

All an agent is going to do is buy things for a player, damage his eligibility, and make the player dependent on them.

I looked into the rule book, and I never seen a rule of only two-handed players can play football.

I struggle to understand why many in football get so upset about dual nationality.

It's up to the national associations and their leagues to limit the entry of foreign players.

There is a rule that says there is no age limit in college football. You could be 45 years old, and if you've never been in college and are good enough to play, you can play.

I would hope the NBA Players Association would say that people like LeBron could come out early because he's so gifted, but if you stay, you stay three years. Your skill level will be greater, and the chances of you going to the NBA are much greater.

One-and-done is the most damaging thing in college basketball. It brings money into the college game, because it kickstarts the bidding war. When you know a kid can't turn pro and is going to go to school for one year and then go pro, that's when you see everyone going to games and courting players.

The best way to stop the problem of agents would be for the NCAA to come down hard and suspend a school for two years if it finds players with agents on campus.