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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No one is alleging that the former Big Ten Commission lacked authority to negotiate on behalf on the Big Ten Conference.

College coaches complain, but they typically have little to no say in this type of negotiation.

University presidents and/or university athletic directors gave the Big Ten Commissioner the authority to negotiate on their behalf.

Again, no party has made any allegation of fraud or even displeasure to the extent of regret over the contract terms.

[b]The deal is done[/b] even though secondary details need to be worked out.

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"[b]These deals aren't done[/b], and they aren't what they were represented to be from the standpoint of the NBC deal and the availability of all members to participate in November games in primetime," said an industry source.

Interviews with nearly a dozen sources in and around the Big Ten and the college sports industry paint a picture of Petitti sprinting to navigate details left unresolved from his predecessor.

As a result, there's a trail of unhappy athletic directors seeing money disappearing from their bottom line, frustrated television executives and big-name coaches irked about the lack of transparency in details that weren't communicated to them.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_...-coaches-uncertainty[/quote]

"These deals aren't done" because there are "details left unresolved".

The contracts are signed and in effect. Bickering about November night-time games and some relatively minor (a one-time $5 million per team obligation each of which is to receive many multiples of that) money due is not enough to negate a contract. Again, there are no allegations of fraud. All parties to the contract were represented by their attorneys. If a coach or coaches has some displeasure with a couple of terms in a contract, then they will complain anonymously to story hungry sports writers who need to produce articles.[/quote]

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