(06-23-2014 12:31 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(06-22-2014 06:31 PM)Eagle78 Wrote:  

(06-22-2014 05:36 PM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(06-20-2014 05:47 PM)lumberpack4 Wrote:  when someone like Delany testifies, he is testifying about the past and the present, not the future.

And maybe not even the present.

Bottom line: he will do whatever he wants to do at that moment in time. The only external criteria is whether he can get away with it.

FWIW, I am not sure that is true. Being cute with words at a press conference is one thing. Doing it while testifying under oath at a high profile legal proceeding is another matter altogether, IMO.

Look, he chose his words carefully. He said AAU membership upon admission was required to cover what happened with Nebraska. He could also have just as easily said that AUU membership upon admission is "highly preferred" or an "important consideration", or something like that. However, he did not do that. Instead, he was very specific. Of course, I agree that he could change the direction in the future. However, IMO, it does not appear that at this point the BiG has any intention of changing this requirement or he would have simply given himself some wiggle room with a differently worded statement.

These are very sophisticated people. IMO, he was clearly sending a message with this statement - and I think it was partially intended for those in the blogosphere who are constantly roiling the CR waters with one scenario after another.

Just my 2 cents.

Eagle78, I don't specifically disagree with anything in that post, and I don't believe it contradicts anything I posted earlier. My main point is essentially that Jim Delany has a world-class knack for -- in your phrase -- "being cute with words". I don't have any evidence that he has committed perjury. But that doesn't make him an honest, forthright fellow, either.

Nor, in his position, should he be honest and forthright. The job often requires that he obfuscate, dodge and sometimes even misdirect. That's not a character flaw in a conference commissioner.