re: Copy of Maryland's counter-claim against the ACC, has lots of realignment info

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If the Big 10, Big XII, and SEC all decide that they are going to get to 16 members by poaching from the ACC, the conference will simply disband, and no one will pay a dime.

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That is a good point that applies equally to the Big 12 or the ACC.

The problem is EVERY program would need to find a home. Since no one is lining up to take the Wake Forests and KSUs of the world conference realignment is dead for a decade.

In a decade some bigger programs might be willing to pay out their GORs to leave. So for example a Big 12 teams wants to leave with three years left on the GOR, then that would be 3x 24 million a year= $72 million.

But the $72 million would be the starting point negotiations, so you half that (like so many exit fees) and you have a cost that a big program could handle.

The trick is the closer the GOR comes to ending, the weaker it is. Right now they are all at max strength. Even Texas couldn't afford a $250+ million exit fee...