I love people's vision like that, but he's got to be realistic. There's some problems that I don't think he's necessarily addressed. ... Where's the money coming from?

We are thrilled to be a part of this terrific opportunity for Charlotte; we look forward to working with the professionals with Minor League Baseball and the Charlotte Knights baseball club to ensure a top-quality experience for all attendees.

We're struggling to get some public help to rebuild our AAA stadium, let alone to build something of that magnitude. I don't know if Charlotte can support three major-league sports franchises right now.

My view hasn't changed. We're just not ready for Major League Baseball.

[Experts noted an increased incidence of cataracts that may or may not interfere with vision. The problems occurred at doses lower than generally though to be a problem.] We need to know what the natural history of these is. Are they going to get worse or stabilize? ... That has big implications for lots of people besides Chernobyl, for example, radiologists and interventional cardiologists who are getting their eyes exposed at work today.

He's extremely versatile and they are recruiting him as an athlete. He's a quarterback with great vision on the field. He has a good sense of what's going on and he can make moves in the open field and make people miss him.