Jim Delany and Big Ten step back from freshman eligibility discussion

Posted May 24, 2015
He is not admitting defeat on the subject, but Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany is now stepping back on the topic of freshman eligibility. For now at least. “That is not a proposal,” Delany said Wednesday at the Big Ten spring meetings, per Mitch Sherman of ESPN.com. (NBC Sports)

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