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<blockquote data-quote="Techster" data-source="post: 953316" data-attributes="member: 360"><p>IF IF IF there was a way out of the GOR, FSU/Miami/UNC/UVA/Clemson/and probably GT would be in another conference by now. When Maryland bolted for the B1G (and GT turned down the B1G), I think the ACC learned a valuable lesson. If members want to leave now, it's going to cost them blood and some limbs. Maryland saw the projected payout of the B1G and made a business decision that leaving the ACC was worth the 30+ million they ended up paying to leave. Keep in mind that was 10 years ago when $30 Million meant a LOT more than it does now...not that $30 million is anything to scoff at.</p><p></p><p>Since then, ACC teams signed away their "media rights" to the conference until 2036. They've basically kneecapped anyone's ability to move since that means other conferences can't capitalize on any ACC teams. A buyout is now so astronomical is would set a program back a decade, if not more.</p><p></p><p>So now all the teams in the ACC are chained to the same boat...whether good or bad, every member shares the same fate of the ACC.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Techster, post: 953316, member: 360"] IF IF IF there was a way out of the GOR, FSU/Miami/UNC/UVA/Clemson/and probably GT would be in another conference by now. When Maryland bolted for the B1G (and GT turned down the B1G), I think the ACC learned a valuable lesson. If members want to leave now, it's going to cost them blood and some limbs. Maryland saw the projected payout of the B1G and made a business decision that leaving the ACC was worth the 30+ million they ended up paying to leave. Keep in mind that was 10 years ago when $30 Million meant a LOT more than it does now...not that $30 million is anything to scoff at. Since then, ACC teams signed away their "media rights" to the conference until 2036. They've basically kneecapped anyone's ability to move since that means other conferences can't capitalize on any ACC teams. A buyout is now so astronomical is would set a program back a decade, if not more. So now all the teams in the ACC are chained to the same boat...whether good or bad, every member shares the same fate of the ACC. [/QUOTE]
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