Is Ohio State about to win the battle while Michigan takes the next Ten-Year War?

Give it a few weeks, and we’ll find out.

And, no, not on the football field.

We’re talking about the Big Ten’s new get-rich-quick lark.

The league is reportedly closing in on a private capital deal that would give its members $2.4 billion of upfront cash to keep the bonfire of excess blazing.

Basically, it’s a giant bailout for rich athletic departments that have spent so recklessly even drunken sailors are handing them financial literacy brochures.

And, fortunately, the private investors putting up these billions will definitely not expect the Big Ten to blindly maximize profits. I hear they ask for nothing in return, other than the league preserving the purity, honor, and time-honored traditions of am

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