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

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Not necessarily. If 10 members of the ACC come to agreements to join new conferences, then 10 out of 14 votes will be more than enough to negate the GOR. No one will give a crap what happens to Wake, or any of the other dwarves left out.

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10 out of 14 is enough to disband the conference, but not enough to end the GOR.

That is the whole point of the GOR- it locks the rights together. If even one program still remains they could sue all the other programs for the remaining value of that GOR.

The courts WOULD give a crap when the Wakes and Baylors sue the other programs using the GOR as a basis. That is why the GOR is such an effective set of handcuffs. It gives the weakest programs a ton of leverage.

In order for a GOR to go away, basically every program in a conference would have to waive their right to sue. The only way that happens is if each has a home, or the entire GOR is thrown out in court.

That is very unlikely to happen as every conference but the SEC uses a GOR as a means to protect the product they sell to media companies. In fact I assume the SEC will have a year-to-year GOR once the SEC Network launches. ESPN is gonna demand that the lineup doesn't change midseason.