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[QUOTE="Whitey23, post: 1488253, member: 216"]
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Delany, in his first public comments on Rutgers since the university began investigating coach Kyle Flood in August, told the Tribune that the Big Ten does not regret adding Rutgers. As Delany noted, the Rutgers/Maryland expansion fulfilled a "strategic objective" to penetrate several giant East Coast markets.

"It might be a fun read that the Big Ten has remorse, but it's somewhat irrelevant," Delany said. "I can't name an institution during my (26-year) tenure that has not had a serious personnel or ethical issue at one point. These are high-profile situations with lots of exposure. I wish we never had any of it at our schools, but I'm realistic."

Delany said that since he became commissioner in 1989, he has worked with dozens of different athletic directors, football and basketball coaches.

"What doesn't change is the nature of the school, its aspirations and its geography," he said. "Rutgers is not in Hawaii; it's in the New Jersey/New York corridor. It's a great research institution, home to many scholars, and has had graduation rates for athletics at or near the top for a decade. We hope the situation improves, but we are glad that Rutgers is in the Big Ten."

tl;dr: money, money, money, money.
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