This does represent a split decision. The NCAA is apparently not persuaded by the university's arguments on self-determination.

It was part of his nature to extenuate nothing and live on as one of his own worst accusers.

Human reason needs only to will more strongly than fate, and she is fate

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.

A good cause is often injured more by ill-timed efforts of its friends than by the arguments of its enemies. Persuasion, perseverance and patience are the best advocates on questions depending on the will of others.