Creating the Big Ten

Big Ten football fans pack gridiron cathedrals that hold up to 100,000 spectators. The conference''s fourteen member schools share a broadcast network and a 2016 media deal worth $2.64 billion. This cultural and financial colossus grew out of a modest 1895 meeting that focused on football''s brutality and encroaching professionalism in the game.

Winton U. Solberg explores the relationship between ...