Jim Delany, Big Ten commissioner, earns $20 million bonus - USA Today

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Big Ten Conference commissioner Jim Delany is set to receive more than $20 million in future bonus payments, according to information in the conference’s new federal tax return and a comparison of that document to prior years’ returns.

The new return — which the conference provided Friday in response to a request from USA TODAY Sports — states that in July 2015, Delany “became fully eligible for future bonus payments pursuant to his employment contract.”..

In a statement provided by Traviolia, University of Minnesota president Eric Kaler — who currently chairs the Big Ten Council of Presidents and Chancellors — said: “Commissioner Delany has provided invaluable leadership for Big Ten member institutions while delivering first-in-class performance during a time of great transformation in college athletics. He has not only successfully balanced the missions of academic achievement, student-athlete development and athletic success, he has successfully developed the resources necessary to strategically position the conference for success well into the future. His compensation is market-competitive, based on an independent third-party analysis, and reflects the value and impact of his leadership.”

Delany became the Big Ten’s commissioner in 1989. Among other developments, he has overseen the conference’s expansion from 10 to 14 teams and the creation of the Big Ten Network.

Since the 2010 fiscal year, the conference has more than doubled its total revenue to the $483.4 million it reported on the new tax return. And that number is likely to go much higher when new television agreements take effect, beginning later this year.

The latest revenue figure pushed the Big Ten’s per-school distributions to about $34.8 million for each of its longest-standing 11 members. Nebraska, which joined in 2011, and Maryland and Rutgers, which each joined in 2014, all continued to receive smaller amounts. For the 2016 fiscal year, the Southeastern Conference reported distributions to each of its 14 members that ranged from $41.9 million to $39.1 million, while the Big 12 reported distributions to each of its 10 schools that ranged from $28.9 million to just over $28 million...


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Hard to say he didn't earn it given how the Big Ten has transformed under his time.
 

An obscene amount of money to be paid out in amateur sports. This is in the compensation neighborhood with commissioners of the 4 major professional US sports.
 





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