Big Ten Conference
PASADENA, CA - APRIL 23: Bill Bogaard, Mayor of Pasadena, Hancock, Executive Director, BCS, Scott Jenkins, President, Tournament of Roses, Jim Delany, Commissioner, Big Ten Conference, and Larry Scott, Commissioner, Pac-12 Conference attend the 100th Rose Bowl Game press conference at Rose Bowl on April 23, 2013 in Pasadena, California.
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It feels really good, especially after how we felt like we let the university down the last couple of years ... To be able to go back my senior year and have a chance … it definitely feels good. Our goal wasn't to make the Big Ten tournament. Our goal was to win (it).
With the elite institutions that we’re a part of, it would be a travesty to think that the Big Ten in baseball would only be a one- or two-bid league. And from here on out, I know we would love to see this be a four- or five-plus-bid league. And it can do that.
Scott's compensation is about $300,000 more than that reported for Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany and almost double the nearly $1.6 million total for Southeastern Conference commissioner Mike Slive.More quotes »
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