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Message: [QUOTE="CL82, post: 4831129, member: 44"] It's debatable. The GOR is a conveyance of broadcast rights it isn't a "penalty "per se that only springs into existence when a school chooses to depart the conference. Indeed, there is no dollar amount associated with GOR, which is part of the difficulty in litigating what its valuation. Grants of Rights have been found to be enforceable In other areas. It is just an odd fit to broadcast rights. I'm not sure that this is a great analogy, but let me throw it out there. I agree to lease a certain piece of property from you for 30 years for a lease payments with a built-in escalator clause. I build a building on the property and sell the use of it to a third-party. At some point during that lease term you decide that you find out that the third-party is paying other people more money to lease other buildings and you decide that can make more money leasing your property to someone else. The fact that I want to continue to use the property under our existing terms isn't a penalty to you. It is just what we agreed to. [/QUOTE]