NCAA president Myles Brand disclosed Saturday he has pancreatic cancer with a long-term prognosis that is "not good," shocking a convention center full of delegates who had spent the week working on more of his reform-minded ideas.
The 66-year-old Brand, who has led the governing body of college sports since 2003, announced his condition during a teleconference with the NCAA executive committee and through a written statement on the last day of the organization's convention, which he was unable to attend.
"I have pancreatic cancer," the statement said. "The long-term prognosis is not good. I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, and I am receiving excellent care. I will know in the next several months the success of this treatment."
Brand concluded his statement by thanking supporters who had wished him well since the NCAA announced last week that he was sick. The nature of the illness wasn't given at the time, but executive committee chairman Michael Adams said Brand was diagnosed early this month and the seriousness of the condition was known only in the last few days.
Brand, who initially had hoped to travel to the convention for the final day of meetings, began receiving chemotherapy treatments early in the week. Vice president Wally Renfro delivered the state-of-the-NCAA speech in Brand's place Thursday.
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The 66-year-old Brand, who has led the governing body of college sports since 2003, announced his condition during a teleconference with the NCAA executive committee and through a written statement on the last day of the organization's convention, which he was unable to attend.
"I have pancreatic cancer," the statement said. "The long-term prognosis is not good. I am currently undergoing chemotherapy, and I am receiving excellent care. I will know in the next several months the success of this treatment."
Brand concluded his statement by thanking supporters who had wished him well since the NCAA announced last week that he was sick. The nature of the illness wasn't given at the time, but executive committee chairman Michael Adams said Brand was diagnosed early this month and the seriousness of the condition was known only in the last few days.
Brand, who initially had hoped to travel to the convention for the final day of meetings, began receiving chemotherapy treatments early in the week. Vice president Wally Renfro delivered the state-of-the-NCAA speech in Brand's place Thursday.
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. Cancer is a bi#%^#! I hate it!
