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Kevin Warren, the Big Ten’s new commissioner, isn’t ready to say what he thinks about the most important issue facing revenue-generating college sports: the lack of athletes’ compensation.
That’s OK for now. The announcement of his hiring said plenty.
When Warren takes Jim Delany’s spot in January, he’ll be the first African-American to lead a Power 5 conference. This is no small thing, and Warren certainly feels it.
“It is definitely not lost on me, the history associated with this,” he said during his introductory news conference Tuesday in Rosemont, Illinois.