(02-11-2014 04:21 PM)mlb Wrote:  

(02-11-2014 04:19 PM)C Marlow Wrote:  What does the Maryland lawsuit have to do with future B1G expansion? Realistically you're looking at a difference of $25 million vs $52 million for an exit fee. But the real issue is the ACC GOR. Are you telling me that the ACC GOR will become null and void if UMD somehow (highly, highly doubtful) wins against the ACC? If they do win, surely you don't think UMD leaves for zero dollars, do you? I'm not even bothering to discuss UMD's countersuit because it's all garbage anyways.

The only thing I do see here are a few G5 schools hoping against hope that a P5 conference gets raided so that their schools are invited to a different conference.

There are some who believe that if the $52M doesn't hold up and it drops significantly (say, Maryland pays $15-20M to get out) then a grouping of 2 from UVA, GT, or UNC could be in play to the Big 10. Who knows...

Edit: On a side note, since you obviously hold your nose over all of the fans of the G5, I'd like to point out that your school is only P5 by name, not by performance. Pitt hasn't been a P5 school in football since the 1980s.

Yes, some people speculate... But what this speculation fails to acknowledge, which btw is typical of people who try to gin up traffic to their sites, is the GOR. The GOR dwarfs the exit fee currently in place. Technically, it is no longer needed because there is a GOR in place.

Your side note: You drew this conclusion how? Did you ever stop to think that people get sick and tired of seeing the same recycled crap spewed over and over again without taking into account the actual course of events that took place over the past year? I'll refrain from commenting on your school and chalk it up to you exercising bad judgement for trying to rile someone up despite the fact that I made no insulting comments about your school, the AAC or the G5 for that matter.