Imagine if the Rolling Stones split their stadium tour revenue evenly with the opening act.

Or if the movers who schlepped the grand piano up four flights of stairs got the same tip as the guy who held the door.

That’s basically the Big Ten.

Ohio State and Michigan do the heaviest lifting — generating most of the eyeballs that fuel the league’s monster media rights deals — only to receive the exact same slice of the TV pie as the schools that carried in the linens (Indiana) and throw rugs (Purdue).

For years, the rival blue bloods have gone along to get along, reasoning what is good for the Big Ten is good for them.

But lately, at least in Columbus, it appears they’re starting to ask questions.

And now I have one, too.

Is Ohio State’s greed going to blow up the Big Ten?

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