B1G: Delany firing power not considered

The Big Ten says a proposal to give league commissioner Jim Delany emergency powers to fire coaches or other athletic department personnel during a crisis isn’t being considered.

The Big Ten issued the following statement to ESPN.com, responding to the recent report in the Chronicle of Higher Education concerning the league’s response to the Penn State fallout:
There have been several reports, stemming from an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, that reference certain emergency powers described in a draft document entitled Standards and Procedures For Safeguarding Institutional Control of Intercollegiate Athletics that has been under review by the Big Ten’s Council of Presidents and Chancellors.

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