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Inside the Big Ten's $1.7 billion sports empire; Ohio State, Michigan, Penn State, others ranked for

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Big Ten sports are big money - close to $1.7 billion of it in a given year.

No Big Ten athletic department raises and spends more money than Ohio State and Michigan - approaching $200 million each. But none of the programs are small.

So much money is collected from TV, ticket sales and donors that - in a rarity in college sports - some of the Big Ten's biggest athletic programs operate without any subsidy from student fees or other non-athletic university sports.

A big part of the bill is ... Read more