It is pretty striking. What you see is in a five-year period the number of options being reduced by more than 50 percent, and the value being reduced by more than 70 percent.

To the extent that investors focus on a company's book value or balance sheets for their analysis, it will have some impact.

It is definitely the most significant change we've seen in pension accounting in quite some time.

In school I was pretty quiet. Kinda shy until my junior year. But at home I was a freak.

They didn't really have a job in mind, but they knew I was knowledgeable about the game and passionate about the game, ... Paul Phipps is one of the great pro sports executives around, and I went to work with him for club services. It was a great learning experience for me, and we had some real success.

We've got a terrific basketball operations group, ... That is what these guys do well. My job is to put in my two cents. Where I weigh in more is in the business side. I'm learning a lot. The basketball operations guys have welcomed me into the decision-making process. I think, over time, I will develop a keener eye for talent. I care a lot about character. I just see myself playing a supporting role to what they do and keeping an eye on what they do.