Probably old news here, but Dan Dakich being interviewed by Gottlieb today stated that Paterno stated he didn't want to join the Big Ten

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You can't discount the greed that Paterno wanted with his eastern conference. The thing that really held the deal from happening is that Penn State wanted to share basketball revenue but didn't want to do the same with football. I wonder why that is? So it wasn't that they were scared it also that they wanted to protect their own financials.

Hell I can't.
They feared PSU especially Sickafew University.
Seriously, their finances would have been better with PSU than without them ... They feared the competition and look what they have become...