Jim Delany Earns $20MM Bonus
This probably won't sit well with the anti-Delany crowd here at MGoBlog, but Commissioner Delany has just earned a $20MM bonus:
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/2017/05/12/jim-delany-big…
While he probably has earned it per the terms of his contract, and each B1G school is poised to receive at least $50MM a year per the new media rights deal, I think it's a TAD bit much considering the unwillingness to compensate student athletes.
That's no way to talk about his masturbation. I think it's artsy and tasteful.
I would've been happy if this was the only comment.
He is not worth a $20M bonus...
Well wait till they get wind of this 20 million dollar fart.
Actually $20 in M&M's seems like a fair and appropriate bonus.
This epitomizes everything that's wrong with college athletics.
There is simply no money to be found anywhere for college players to get a stipend they can actually live off of.
Delaney's bonus alone could give every scholarship football player in the B1G $16,806. That's a strong start.
Wow. Cut in the basketball players it's less but still.
Are you expecting 20M less in revenue next year? I'm not.
I'd consider the money better-spent giving full scholarships to the non-revenue sports athletes and expanding stipends for all athletes. I see no reason to actually increase the inequities between the treatment of revenue and non-revenue sport college athletes.
Nice work if you can get it. And if you can get it, won't you tell me how.
DeLAMEY! they don't pay athletes but line up at the trough for themselves
C'mon, you mean there is a pro-Delaney crowd?
Revenue went up while he was in charge but that doesn't mean it wouldn't have happened without him.
The big driver of the increase is the TV deal. I doubt that framework would be much different if anyone else had been in his role.
on this here blog.
I truly believe that the majority of posters on this blog could do his job.
Naaaah, not me. I'd fuck over the buckeyes and badgers every chance I could and all of the snakes that have infiltrated everything would have my head. Michigan fans would love me though.
Disgusting overreach for an administrator who lives off the sweat and effort of college athletes.
With all due respect, Commissioner Delany has very little to do with what makes college sports great. Something very wrong with this at many levels.
What a joke. At least now I know why he was so desperate to add Rutgers and Maryland even though they're terrible for student athletes, fans, and the long-term strength of the conference.
So he makes as much as 1/2 a university???? Oh, yeah I'm sure he's worth that. /s
This is what pisses me off about college players and payment arguments. Mostly old, white men (go ahead, kill me for stating the obvious) making all of this money on the backs of the players. I almost understand the argument about their education being their payments...sure, fine.... but the fact that these amounts of money are being tossed around, looking for pockets to line, is not okay with me. Bowl game commisioners, conference commisioners, coaches, etc.. It's riduculous. Get some money to the big-name stars that truly draw people to the game(s). It's going to be hard...and sure it's just real, nice and easy to line the pockets of comedian/masturbators...but let's get to fucking work on this already.