JIM DELANY TO CHARGE FOR SPOKEN USE OF "BIG TEN"
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany, already embroiled in a public spat with Comcast over the fees for shoehorning the Big Ten Network into Comcast's monolith of programming, hasn't let the controversy slow down his ambitious plans for expanding the domain of the Big Ten.
Even in the face of Congressional scrutiny, Delany's plans to forge ahead with the hardball tactics that have made him a lightning rod for controversy in the world of college football. This includes the bold initiative to stuff the Big Ten network with all kinds of Big Ten related programming, including women's sports, a negotiating point that escalated tensions between Comcast and the Big Ten when Comcast referred to "second and third-tier sports," language Delany demanded an apology for in a press release. (Comcast refused.)
Most controversial--and potentially humiliating for Delany--is his proposed "Leave a Dollar, Leave a Dollar" campaign designed to exploit "unrealized value" in the Big Ten's name.
"We realize that as America's number one sports conference, our name has real value as a brand," said Delany at a Wednesday morning press conference. "So we're asking that when you say the words Big Ten in a sentence---you simply drop in a dollar into the conveniently located Big Ten Jars of Excellence around your area." Delany paused in the middle of the sentence, pulling a dollar out of his billfold and placing it into the jar.

Delany: asking you to leave a dollar, or leave a dollar. Illustrations by House Rock Built.
Delany tried to silence critics of the plan by claiming they were out of step with today's street culture. "We've done the research,
and nothing grabs today's hip-hop-oriented youth more than ostentatious displays of wealth. And while we maintain the highest academic standards of any major conference--unlike those tax-dodging, knuckledragging unclefuckers in the SEC--we are aware of the need to grow financially and engage new, young fans."
"In short, imagine crowds of urban and suburban youth, gathering around the jars and saying the words 'Big Ten"--hey, I owe the jar one there--(drops another dollar in, smiling)--and then making it rain on our institutions and their athletic programs. It's a no-brainer, slam-dunk decision for us."
Delany concluded the pitch by saying that the Jars of Excellence Program "would work a lot like the Leave a Penny, Take a Penny systems at convenience stores, only instead of taking a penny, you just always left it there. Oh, and instead of pennies, you leave dollars."
As part of the initiative, Delany has recruited former NYPD hottie and Delany soundalike Kim Delaney, whose posters for the campaign have tested much better with focus groups than the pictures of commissioner Delany in the same outfit.

Kim Delaney: a better spokesperson for the campaign than Jim anytime. The House Rock Built strikes again on the illustration.
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Wait, they’re two different people? Son of a bitch, I’m confused.
by fightinamish on Jun 26, 2007 11:54 AM EDT reply actions
I think a certain tire store may have a few issues with this jackhole:
by Crabs on Jun 26, 2007 11:58 AM EDT reply actions
fightinamish – you’re alive?
Kim Delany…. mmmmmm, early Tuesday Cheesecake.
by Whitey on Jun 26, 2007 11:59 AM EDT reply actions
Indeed I am, Whitey. It takes more than 10 stab wounds from my jilted baby’s mama to stop me.
by fightinamish on Jun 26, 2007 12:08 PM EDT reply actions
Is that pic from 2001 or 1991? That lady’s got one hell of a set of matchsticks on her, doesn’t she? Man, NYPD Blue was a good show…
keeps trying to distract everyone from how fucking ridiculous the Big Ten looks here
by jebushchrist on Jun 26, 2007 12:09 PM EDT reply actions
Off topic: I was walking throught the UNC Student Union today, and through the speakrs of the cafe in there (Alpine Bagel), I s—- you not, I heard the “NO D-D-D-D-Dancin’, Dancin’” song from that Blake Mitchell video. The timing was so freaky, and I couldn’t stop laughing. Blake’s Dance Fever is sweeping the nation!
by Digital Headbutt on Jun 26, 2007 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
From the Detroit Free Press. The new tidbit is that only cable systems in the Big Ten region are being asked to pony up the $1.10/month. For the rest of the country, the Big Ten if offering you the low, low price of $.10/month.
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070626/SPORTS06/706260311
You! in Georgia! Don’t you hanker for some Gopher/Boilermaker action? Who could resist the opportunity to see those beefy Midwestern girls try and spike a volleyball. What! You don’t watch swimming except during the Olympics?! That oversight can be corrected for a mere $.10/month. Do you like gladiator movies, but are afraid to rent them from the local Blockbuster? How about Iowa/PSU wrestling at 1:00 a.m. for a year for less than the cost of a single hamburger?
Surely, by now, you are seeing the light.
by maskedavenger on Jun 26, 2007 12:10 PM EDT reply actions
RE: The first picture
If there were any justice, the ghost of Nile Kinnick would have materialized from the Iowa banners and strangled the shit out of Delany.
by Oops Pow Surprise on Jun 26, 2007 12:33 PM EDT reply actions
Nice find, #2. I really enjoyed the irony that Big 10 Tires are located throughout the southeast!
by Aerobab on Jun 26, 2007 12:35 PM EDT reply actions
Somebody really needs to tell Delany to shut the fuck up. I could have gotten shitty OSU games free on ESPN plus, but now I get to pay for them! Whores.
by GoBucks57 on Jun 26, 2007 12:39 PM EDT reply actions
Ten cents a month in non-Big Televen areas, and Delany’s still trying to argue that the channel would have national appeal? If it had national appeal, wouldn’t people want to pay two or three dollars for it?
Ten cents. I’d pay ten cents for any channel. Knitting channel, fencing channel, The Orgeron Channel.
IMMAWANAGITSUMMADAT LAYDEEGOWPHAW VOLLABAW ECTSHUN.
by Run Up The Score on Jun 26, 2007 12:39 PM EDT reply actions
#10
I assume they could hide this additional fee in their charges for “mounting and balancing” or “valve stems” (like I would ever want tires sans valve stems???).
by crabs on Jun 26, 2007 12:43 PM EDT reply actions
If you like the bunda, and we all know that you do, then you should definitely watch some women’s volleyball. They wear super short, super tight shorts and bend over a lot as the camera films them from behind.
Nothing wrong with that.
By the way, in the midwest we speak about women’s sports with respect.
by Jeff on Jun 26, 2007 12:57 PM EDT reply actions
Orson – I respectfully submit that it may be of interest to you to host a show on the Big (number deleted on advice from legal dept) network called the "Quest for the Fulmer Cup". For my part, I just ask that I be allowed to live in your mansion like Rocky’s Uncle Paulie and enjoy your wine, food, pool, and robot housekeeper.
(reposted here since I posted this in the Big East thread by accident. – apologies around, 100 cocktails on me)
by Out of Conference on Jun 26, 2007 1:08 PM EDT reply actions
RUTS, how long does it take you to type out Coach O speak?
by Geaux Irish on Jun 26, 2007 1:27 PM EDT reply actions
Couldn’t the Big [REDACTED] compromise by charging only 90 cents but not showing any Northwestern or Illinois games?
by DevilGrad on Jun 26, 2007 1:30 PM EDT reply actions
I’m not paying a bent nickle for the Big [REDACTED] network… I get CSS and SportSouth, I can watch hot SEC girls play volleyball (good call Jeff) and tumble on gymnastics equipment.
by PeterPumpkinhead on Jun 26, 2007 1:46 PM EDT reply actions
Guess what I’m going to put in the Jar of Excellence. Go on, guess.
by Orangeblood on Jun 26, 2007 2:13 PM EDT reply actions
I sense “[CONFERENCE REDACTED]” appearing on the site now.
by RedDevilEA on Jun 26, 2007 2:17 PM EDT reply actions
Nothing gets my juices flowing like Big 11 Women’s Tongue Wrestling.
by Jorgé the Bass Player on Jun 26, 2007 2:27 PM EDT reply actions
23 – "Big [REDACTED] is pretty fucking funny in and of itself. But yeah, “Big Ten” and “Big 10” aren’t going to be seen around here for a while.
Fucking Delany.
by Oops Pow Surprise on Jun 26, 2007 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
Until their “excellence” reaches the ability to count they shall be the “Big Televen” to me. That guy Delaney really is a cocksucker. I thought his first two displays of idiocy were circumstantial, but he is trending rapidly into a full-blown motherfucker, who deserves to be spanked and put to bed.
by sb on Jun 26, 2007 2:28 PM EDT reply actions
i thought it was the “big 11”
am i wrong? what?
by fife in pdx on Jun 26, 2007 2:29 PM EDT reply actions
Just pretend I put a quote after [REDACTED].
by Oops Pow Surprise on Jun 26, 2007 2:30 PM EDT reply actions
#22, would you hurry up already? You playing cards in there or something? Other people are waiting to make their deposit!
by sb on Jun 26, 2007 2:32 PM EDT reply actions
#29,
Sorry, instead of a dollar, I ended up leaving a deuce.
by Orangeblood on Jun 26, 2007 2:41 PM EDT reply actions
In related news, Delaney has applied for intellectual property protection over the notion of intentionally miscounting the number of teams in a collegiate sports league and plans to file suit against the Atlantic 10 later today.
by DevilGrad on Jun 26, 2007 2:52 PM EDT reply actions
“Delaney” and “intellectual” (property) cannot be mentioned in the same sentence. Its a law. Somewhere.
by sb on Jun 26, 2007 3:10 PM EDT reply actions
As an OSU/Big [REDACTED] fan, let me just say — I agree with all the Delaney haters on here, unequivocally. This guy is a douche to the Nth degree, and will end up doing more to hur the conference than help it.
Here’s an idea: Howsabout we help the conference reach a competitive equilibrium (™ Gary Bettman, NHL Commissioner), rather than be an asshole.
I’m a friggin’ Buckeye HOMER and even I can acknowledge the overall quality of the SEC as a CONFERENCE. If the Big Televen was better across the board, maybe you’d wouldn’t have such a hard time selling it.
Sheesh.
by Miller on Jun 26, 2007 3:28 PM EDT reply actions
I swear to god if any of the Slow Ten sports were happening in my backyard I’d shut the blinds!
Where does this TOOL get the chutzpah to think his conference is all that? What the hell are they great at- HOCKEY?
Their football sux. I’d rather watch Wake Forest play Ga Tech than any Slow Ten match up and I can’t stand ACC football either.
Hey Delaney THE RUST BELT is not a term of endearment jackass. As conferences go I’d rate you right there with The Big Twelve.
by Roswell Ed on Jun 26, 2007 3:42 PM EDT reply actions
Hockey isn’t a Big [REDACTED] sport, so Delaney likely doesn’t care about it, but FWIW, Minnesota and Wisconsin (in the WCHA) and Michigan and Michigan State (in the CCHA) are traditional powers in the sport.
(Actually, the Big [REDACTED] Network might be a more attractive buy if they had some college hockey games to show.)
by DevilGrad on Jun 26, 2007 4:10 PM EDT reply actions
Roswell, one quick correction: the Big Variable Number Conference doesn’t actually exist in hockey.
I don’t mind insults; I’d just like to see them surrounded with accurate information.
Oh, and as a fan of a Big Variable Number Conference school, I am quickly developing an intense dislike for our Minister of Information. It’s like he wants generate as much ill will as possible so the next commissioner will seem like the best commissioner ever in the history of commissionerdom.
by Burrill on Jun 26, 2007 4:14 PM EDT reply actions
#34, the larger issue is that many college football fans can stomach plenty of Delany’s arrogance and ignorance, until the point where it potentially impacts our monthly cable bill. It’s even more aggravating for those of us in the Midwest who could give two squirts about the league.
If Big [REDACTED] fans want this lousy channel for their bloated, overrated league, let them pony up for it their own selves.
Comcast will get a month’s worth of On Demand movie rentals in gratitude from this customer if they follow through with telling Delany to go pound sand… yes, I’ll even rent that stupid “Night at the Museum” gag-fest.
by Papa Lou BSU on Jun 26, 2007 4:37 PM EDT reply actions
“…America’s number one sports conference…” HUH? What’s he on – da CoachO hedbutt juice???
Gawd, I hate to say this, but Jeremy Foley might have sumthin constructive to say bout dat nummer one stuff.
However, I am lookin forward to the Iowa-Wisconsin girls mud rasslin contest.
by yoyofutbawl on Jun 26, 2007 5:29 PM EDT reply actions
Wait, so the Big Ten actually has 11 members? And this can be mined for comedy gold? ??!!?!?11!1?? NFW!
A revelation.
Now let’s see some pictures of Dana Delany’s gams. She’d kick Kim’s ass in any spring break contest you could name.
by Flop on Jun 26, 2007 6:41 PM EDT reply actions
Peter Gibbons: Um, the 7-Eleven, right? You take a penny from the tray.
Joanna: From the crippled children?
Peter Gibbons: No, that’s the jar. I’m talking about the tray, the pennies for everybody. We’re basically doing the same thing only we take it from a much bigger tray and we do it a couple of million times.
by notthequarterback on Jun 26, 2007 7:05 PM EDT reply actions

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