Commission Quotes

You have to sit and wonder if it wouldn't have been better to stay with that rather than the judge forcing the commission to go back and write a 96-page rule. - Brad Smith

You don't have to take AMD's word for it with respect to the credibility of our contentions... Look at the decision by the Japan Fair Trade Commission, aggressive enforcement actions in Europe and an investigation by the Korea anti-monopoly agency. There's a reason why there is a global focus on Intel's abusive monopolistic behavior. - Tom McCoy

You do what you think is right, but when you put yourself out there, you know you're going to get criticized. It's the same way being on the city commission. - Bradford Cohen

You can't leave such serious allegations on the public record without having them addressed. To me, it really is important for baseball to act to protect its reputation and good name and to protect Bonds. I don't know what the facts are here, what the truth is. If I were Bonds, I would want it done, and if I were the commissioner, I would want it done. Otherwise, people will lose confidence in the game, and the world will never leave Bonds alone. - John Dowd

Yesterday was a day I was proud to be commissioner of baseball... We had a problem and we did something about it. We had a problem. The sport had a problem. This is a problem that had to be solved. If not, somebody else was going to solve it in a more draconian way. - Bud Selig

Yes, rates have absolutely gone up this year and it's been very frustrating for me as a commissioner. But at the end of the day, these are costs we can't just say no to. If we want reliability and we want the lights to go on, we've got to make the tough decisions. - Dan Ebert

Yes I believe it is his. - Commissioner Resureccion Borra