Big Ten dealing with football problems
This has been a trying week for the Big Ten Conference. Thursday and Friday, the Big Ten had to face up to the fact that one-third of the conference football teams are on probation with Penn State, Ohio State, Michigan and Nebraska all dealing with NCAA sanctions of one form or another.
And the man who answers those questions is the commissioner of the Big Ten, Jim Delany, who said in his annual Q & A that the NCAA and Big Ten had the moral authority to penalize Penn State.
He went on to say, "I don't really care if this is a precedent or if they (the NCAA) had jurisdiction."
Delany became rather emotional as he recounted the past few months' affect on Penn State and his conference. And he went on to say the NCAA penalties against Penn State did not necessarily set a precedent.
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