Posted on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 : 9:42 a.m.
Big Ten's Jim Delany is highest paid commissioner in the land and other links
By Jim Knight
Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany's total compensation of $1.6 million in 2009 was the highest in the nation among his peers, the Associated Press reported Monday.
The Associated Press reviewed 2009 tax documents and Delany was on top, followed by Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford at $1.1 million. The figures include salary, benefits and deferred compensation. The Associated Press also noted that the median pay of university presidents was $760,774 in 2008.
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Comments
tater
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 : 3:33 p.m.
Delaney has helped turn a conference with a bunch of schools who play one-dimensional football into one of college football's biggest cash cows. He deserves a piece of the pie. I don't agree with many of his decisions, particularly the one to kiss the rings of Tressel and Pryor prior to the Sugar Bowl, but one certainly can't argue with his results on the accounting sheet. BTN is probably going to become THE business model for conferences, and even some individual schools such as ND, Texas, and BYU. Delaney can be a pompous bleep, and he is one of the two major presences that stonewalls us out of the chance to see a real NCAA Division 1 Football Champion determined on the field in a playoff, but he deserves every penny they are paying him.
KeepingItReal
Tue, Jun 21, 2011 : 2 p.m.
But the athletes who make the system go can't accept a hamburger from anyone without being sanctioned by the NCAA. This just isn't right. It will change and when it does its gong to be shock for these universities, coaches and commissioners that these athlete can bring the system down.