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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4340738, member: 71"] For sake of argument, let's say that it would require ten ACC schools voting in favor of terminating the GOR for it to go away (I don't know their bylaws but I would imagine a super majority, most likely 12+ schools would be required do ten is conservative). Does anyone believe that the ACC has ten member schools who feel they would be in a better overall position if there was no GOR? I doubt there are more than three. As far as monetizing a GOR release. Fifteen years remain, if they were to claim that early years are worth $30 million each, diminishing (as they get closer to the end of the GOR) over time to an average of $20 million, that puts $300 million as a starting point (to negotiate downward from) just to get out of the GOR. Even if that got negotiated down to $200 million, that plus the exit fee puts departure at a quarter billion dollars. People need to start looking at this over a far longer term than what they currently are doing. Just because we've only taken competitive intercollegiate sports seriously for a brief period of time (relative to many NCAA member schools) doesn't mean that everything is done with the idea of a three or five year window. The Big Ten has been in existence for a bit more than 125 years. The SEC has been around for 90. I seriously doubt that they are thinking in terms of the next couple of years when they make decisions on conference membership. They are looking at this like a marriage, where membership will bring benefits for decades. I doubt that there will be much going on with ACC schools (beyond positioning for when they can move on) for the next six to eight years and I fully believe that both the Big Ten and SEC have their eyes on a few ACC members. The window isn't closing on realignment, it isn't fully open yet and it won't be fully open for a while. [/QUOTE]

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