Delany on Tressel: ‘The chain broke’

A lot of folks have been clamoring for Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany to weigh in on Jim Tressel’s resignation and the controversy surrounding Ohio State.

Sunday, they got their wish.

Delany answered several questions about Tressel and Ohio State after announcing the future sites for the Big Ten football, men’s basketball and women’s basketball championships. The commissioner expressed disappointment in Tressel’s actions and acknowledged the challenge Ohio State faces, but he stopped short of saying he felt betrayed by the former Buckeyes coach.

“Coach Tressel would acknowledge and he did acknowledge that how he handled it was not the right way to handle it,” Delany said, “You force it up the chain of command so that people with the responsibility to manage this stuff handle it…
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