Read closer. This writer is a joke.
Delaney explained that it was a common practice: "The Big Ten stands for three things: Tradition, Excellence, and Nauseatingly-inept football. Games we feature on our network need to exemplify the standards set by the Big Ten for over 100 years. If we ever sense a game might be getting too exciting, we place a call to the coaches and have them shut that down."
Yeah i can totally see any conference comish say something like that about his conference. This article is a joke and i cant believe this writer has a job