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Power conferences hope for stable D-I
Big Ten Media Day Bas HealWEB
Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany talks with reporters during a new conference at the Big Ten NCAA college basketball media day Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013, in Rosemont, Ill. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) - photo by Associated Press
ROSEMONT, Ill. — Giving the power conferences more autonomy in a restructured NCAA could help address the "existential threats" that plague college sports at their highest level, Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany said. The five conferences — the Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and ACC — don't want to leave the NCAA or even form their own division, Delany said Thursday. But they need the power to make decisions that directly affect the financial and educational well-being of their athletes.