"What is the essence of regret?"
A question for the ages, pondered by Heidegger or Sheryl Crow or an apology note to my girlfriend in 11th grade.
Instead, this Deep Thought came from the brain of the Big Ten's extremely-in-charge commissioner when asked, in an abbreviated Q&A session after an introductory speech lasting 26 minutes, if he had any regrets about decisions made in his first 18 months as the ostensible leader of one of the most important sports organizations in the United States.
And the "essence of regret" for Kevin Warren is, apparently, that he has no regrets.