Whoever takes over as Purdue's new athletic director will have a monumental task ahead of them. We all knew then, but in a recent article from Penn Live we see just how staggering that road is.
First, let's look at the numbers they are using. Purdue, as a founding member of the conference, gets the benefit of $32.4 million annually from the Big Ten. It doesn't matter what the athletic department does as a whole. It gets a fat $32.4 million check that everyone except Nebraska, Rutgers, and Maryland gets (and they will soon be getting full shares).