High praise to Big Ten Conference leaders, who came to their senses Friday and quickly squashed the idea of giving league commissioner Jim Delany the authority to punish schools with fines, suspensions and the ability to fire coaches. In the aftermath of the child sex-abuse scandal at Penn State, an 18-page proposal had been under consideration by Big Ten leaders — including presidents and chancellors from member universities — that would have given Delany such authority in emergency matters. The Big Ten released a statement saying, "The option of giving emergency powers to the commissioner to fire...
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