ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Big Ten Conference pushed back Tuesday on a claim by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened to punish the school if it refuses to support a plan that would clear the way for $2.4 billion in private investment in the league.

Mark Bernstein, chairman of the Michigan board of regents, told The Associated Press this week that Petitti had attempted to “strong-arm” Michigan in a move he said "calls into question his continued leadership of the Big Ten Conference."

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