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Big Ten Players Wonder Where They Fit Into a $1 Billion TV Deal

Student-athletes are excited for the exposure their league will receive, but paying players looms large.

Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud talks to reporters during an NCAA college football news conference at the Big Ten Conference media days last month.Credit...Darron Cummings/Associated Press

Penn State guard Myles Dread felt “important” and “valuable” when he heard that the Big Ten Conference had signed the richest annual television contract in college sports. The Michigan gymnast Sierra Brooks is looking forward to being on television consistently. Ohio State quarterback C.