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It's official: Rutgers got a lousy deal from the Big Ten | Politi

Let's be clear on this from the start: This is not a second guess. Back in November 2012, Jim Delany could have demanded anything from Rutgers officials and they would have agreed with a smile -- and understandably so.

Delany: "We'll accept you into the Big Ten, but only if you change the name of the university to Jim Delany's Awesome Intergalactic Starfleet Academy and speak nothing but Vulcan."

Rutgers: "Fan-vel du aitlun, khart-lan!"

The longtime Big Ten commissioner is a master dealmaker, and during those negotiations, he had all the leverage.