Whether it was in accordance with the bylaws is what part if the lawsuit is all about. You have reached a conclusion that it was done wrong and state that as a fact. It is not a fact. Until it is decided by the courts, it is not clear if there was a bylaw violation. The ACC is suing MD to assert what it believes are its right to collect on a withdrawal fee that was passed by the league appropriately. MD says that it was not done appropriately and is suing the ACC for that along with the arguing that the amount is unfair. Can we agree on the basis of the lawsuits?
Clearly you have never been sued or sued a business. You subpoena everyone and everything looking for a thread you can pull. Think the ACC hasn't done the same to UMD and quite possible the B1G? The "secrets", if there are any, are probably well known to MD and I guess the question what "secrets" MD might have should also factor into this. Everyone on the MD side will also be under oath, too. They will be compelled to spill "secrets" of teh B1G and how they got there.
Out of 13 pages of posts, the only facts that I see are that you are a UWV fan, there is UVA fan, an ND fan, BC fan, FSU fan and Uconn fans that have posted. Part of me just thinks you are pissed that UWV had to buy their way out of the BE for an early exit instead of being able to walk away for almost nothing like BC, VT, Miami, Pitt Cuse and Lville did. That the Big XII fronted that money is probably impacting the UWV AD right now. Hopefully the rifle team is fully funded. That and Huggins legal budget. Be happy that you are in a conference of the haves. But stop asserting that you only post facts.
The ACC isn't suing Maryland to determine whether or not it was ok via their bylaws to collect $52 million from Maryland.
The ACC sued Maryland to stop any other schools from attempting to leave the conference by showing they will indeed sue to try and enforce the buyout.
Maryland isn't staying, and from a legal standpoint it is highly doubtful the ACC is going to get $52 million extracted from Maryland and they surely know this. They are taking monies now--and UMD hasn't disputed that they could withhold monies, but that the league didn't follow its rules in when it began withholding. Further, that some of the money is actually Maryland's money from the NCAA, not the ACC's at all.
Maryland never said they wouldn't pay any buyout, they've claimed the amount is excessive and punitive-as has FSU. UMD will be out of the league by the end of June and the ACC isn't taking $52 million from them by then. The Maryland side of the lawsuit threatens the ACC with a loss of $157 million. To continue at this point is meaningless and even dangerous. And since the ACC claims they have a GOR, what is the point to continue unless they feel that if they lose other schools may depart (which several have discussed i.e. the letters obtained from UNC). To hold schools in is the entire purpose of the excessive buyout.
UMD presented the ACC bylaws in their original suit in the state of Maryland and in those bylaws it showed a timeline required for both notification of and change to the bylaws--which this new buyout is--a change. You and other ACC homers act as though it is some sort of longstanding bedrock of the conference. It's not--they changed it as a requirement of getting Notre Dame to sign on as a partial member-and after they had knowledge of schools looking elsewhere-just before UMD announced they were moving. Of course courts will rule on the matter, but the language is certainly in the bylaws produced as part of the suit and its well documented the ACC is claiming the buyout change became immediately effective.
As for your "secrets" theory, news reports show that Maryland subpoenaed Pitt, they don't show the ACC has done this to anyone. UMD was very open about the entire process and their reasons for moving and the entire account has been published in national news reports. The ACC on the other hand has had dealings whereby they destroyed the Big East conference by taking numerous teams, have changed buyouts with no justification repeatedly against members wishes, and have apparently along with their tv partner conspired to also harm the conference UMD was planning to move to. There are certainly damaging points that no ACC leader is going to want out in the open.
As far as facts, what I can see is that ACC fans have a very difficult time dealing with reality. Whenever facts come forward that show the ACC in anything other than a sunny light, ACC fans freak out and start lobbing all manner of venom including personal attacks, rather than discussing things rationally. Attack me, attack WVU, attack the BIG 12--but at some point you'll have to deal with the issues that are many and real in the ACC.
