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Few jobs, Kevin Warren said, could have pried him away from the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL.
Replacing Jim Delany as Big Ten commissioner was the one that did.
“This is not about a job,” Warren said to reporters Tuesday during his introductory news conference in Rosemont, Illinois, “this is really about an opportunity for a legacy.”
His predecessor did that, with Delany creating the Big Ten Network, expanding the league twice and bringing in a boon of cash to conference schools during his 20-plus years that will officially end Jan.