Delany: Big Ten could de-emphasize athletics if O'Bannon plaintiffs win

[TexasMan]

 

[Team Mookie]

This is nothing more than posturing from Delany. He works for the universities and will do whatever they tell him to do in the end. TOSU, Michigan, Penn State and Nebraska would tell him to eat a dick before they would cut athletic programs.

 

[bamabear82]

Read about that yesterday, be interesting to see if he stands his ground if it passes.

Jim Delany talks de-emphasizing athletics; we call his bluff | CollegeFootballTalk

Delany insists he isn’t bluffing. We’re saying he is, and we’re not alone. Remember how anti-playoff Delany was?

Then again, completely scrapping everything you’ve built for the sake of making sure some athletes don’t get paid is the most college athletics thing ever.

 

[BritishDolfan]

I can't see O'Bannon, et al winning, so this is mostly blustering imho.

 

[Brasky]

I'm not sure if Delaney knows when to keep his mouth closed...

 

[iruletheskool]

I'm not sure if Delaney knows when to keep his mouth closed...

doesn't seem like it..

 

[Brasky]

This is nothing more than posturing from Delany. He works for the universities and will do whatever they tell him to do in the end. TOSU, Michigan, Penn State and Nebraska would tell him to eat a dick before they would cut athletic programs.

He sure does like to "posture". Bloviate might be a better word for it.

 

[iruletheskool]

this is pretty regarded

 

[Brasky]

"So now they'll dance in briefs and motions. So far, Delany has made the most dramatic statement with a hint that some of the nation's most iconic programs may de-emphasize athletics if the plaintiffs prevail. This may simply be gamesmanship. Write a doomsday scenario, hope someone like me finds it and distributes it and sit back and watch as panicked fans of Big Ten schools turn their vitriol on plaintiffs, who currently enjoy a favorable public opinion. But Monday, Delany sounded as if he really means it. "It's not a bluff," Delany said. "It's a statement of belief. I think that's what would happen. I do not believe that the hypothetical case being put forth -- if it actually became the case -- that Big Ten institutions would engage in that."

What an idiot. Seriously.