Big Ten to distribute $284 million to teams

The $284 million works out to about $23.7 million per team, but that's not quite accurate. Nebraska, which officially joined the Big Ten last year, is not receiving a full share from the league, and reportedly won't do so until 2017. Nebraska chancellor Harvey Perlman declined to reveal what percentage share the Cornhuskers are currently receiving when asked about it on Monday's call. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch has reported that the 11 other Big Ten teams will get about $24.6 million each. If that's accurate, according to my shaky math skills, that would mean Nebraska would receive about $14 million.

By comparison, the league distributed $251.9 million to its then-11 teams in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, the most recent year for which tax forms are available. That worked out to about $22.9 million per school, on average.

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