CHICAGO -- It took more than a year for Jim Delany to confirm what everyone already knew.
The Big Ten's new television contract -- all $2.64 billion of it -- is now officially official.
The Big Ten commissioner addressed the new deal for the first time Monday at the league's media days in downtown Chicago. Delany was joined on stage by FOX's Larry Jones and ESPN's Burke Magnus as he fielded questions about 6-year pacts with ESPN/ABC and FOX for football and CBS for men's basketball.
"We really have labored in bringing our agreements to maturity.