Myles Brand announces an agreement between the NCAA and local officials which would pave the way for the NCAA to bring a number of high profile events to Indianapolis (AP Photo/Tom Strattman, File)
Updated: Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, 10:44 PM EDT
Published : Wednesday, 16 Sep 2009, 10:19 PM EDT
Brand first became known in the sports world in 2000 when, as IU
president, he fired Bob Knight for a violation of a zero tolerance
policy that Brand had instituted. Brand rarely spoke of the
firing..
Three years later he became president of the NCAA where he
tirelessly worked for higher classroom standards for student
athletes especially in football and basketball.
An Indianapolis man was sentenced to 120 years in prison for the murders of a …