Harvey Perlman had a big choice to make as the chancellor of Nebraska in 2010.
Should his university’s sports teams join the Big Ten Conference in 2011 for more money and stability?
Or should they stay in the Big 12, where they played all of their old rivals and won two championships in football since 1997?
He chose the money. But that decision has come with an apparent cost. The Cornhuskers haven’t been nearly as good in football as they used to be, in part because they are playing in a league where entrenched powerhouse teams have continued to dominate.