That's a pretty good indicator that Maryland thinks it will lose the suit over the Exit Fee. And calling out ESPN? If I were ESPN, I'd guarantee that no Maryland athletic program would ever be seen on an ABC/ESPN plaform again.
You have to scratch your head regarding Wake Forest/Pittsburgh talking to Big Ten schools? What does this have to do with Maryland again?
Maryland didn't say anything that BC's GDF hasn't said already, really. They basically just referred to his quote in the lawsuit.That's a pretty good indicator that Maryland thinks it will lose the suit over the Exit Fee. And calling out ESPN? If I were ESPN, I'd guarantee that no Maryland athletic program would ever be seen on an ABC/ESPN plaform again.
You have to scratch your head regarding Wake Forest/Pittsburgh talking to Big Ten schools? What does this have to do with Maryland again?
I just remembered that Pitt was public... I always forget that since everything with them screams small time.I'm going to guess that WF and Pitt were used as conduits since they're both private schools and their emails and phone records can't be acquired through FOI's.
Plus who would ever suspect WF as doing anything other than sitting in the back quietly and cashing their checks.
Maryland didn't say anything that BC's GDF hasn't said already, really. They basically just referred to his quote in the lawsuit.
In regards to the ACC approaching Big 10 schools, Maryland is merely trying to show that this is a competitive business and that while the ACC was trying to acquire new membership, they were limiting their current memberships opportunities - making an anti-trust claim.
I think we can all agree on Penn State.I'm curious who Wake and Pitt might have talked to. The only Big Ten school I'd be interested in for the ACC is Penn State. The rest are all midwestern schools and belong in the Big Ten as it is the Midwestern Conference.
Maryland didn't say anything that BC's GDF hasn't said already, really. They basically just referred to his quote in the lawsuit.
In regards to the ACC approaching Big 10 schools, Maryland is merely trying to show that this is a competitive business and that while the ACC was trying to acquire new membership, they were limiting their current memberships opportunities - making an anti-trust claim.
I think we can all agree on Penn State.
If current B1G, then that eliminates Rutgers, and I would say the ACC would only have a shot at Northwestern - but that seems so disjointed.
Yes, but Maryland is arguing 1) that other conferences don't have exit fees (and doesn't even mention grant of rights whatsoever) or have minimal exit fees (old Big East) and that the ACC's are punitive/damaging, and 2) that the new exit fee was not properly implemented according to the ACC Constitution (read the lawsuit for detail).In no way is the ACC limiting Maryland's membership opportunities. Maryland could pay the $53 million and leave any time it likes just like any other ACC school could. Now the rest have signed the Grant of Television Rights. They can pay $53 million and leave too, just not be on television until 2027.
The ACC working on new membership doesn't interfere with what Maryland is doing in any way.
I agree - that's the meatiest thing in there, there were some non-specific mentions of ESPN providing counsel on what additions would benefit the ACC, but I think that's typical. If I were looking to add schools to my conference, I would discuss with my TV partner on what schools would raise the payout too.If their entire basis of collusion claim is Mean gene's quote...that's not gonna do it.
UConn Dan said:I agree - that's the meatiest thing in there, there were some non-specific mentions of ESPN providing counsel on what additions would benefit the ACC, but I think that's typical. If I were looking to add schools to my conference, I would discuss with my TV partner on what schools would raise the payout too.
Why Pitt and Wake? One might ask if you wanted PSU, might you enlist their neighbor to pose the question? And if you wanted NW, might you look at what Wake's AD did prior to his current gig?
UM's lawsuit is a good one - you can't recruit other schools to join your conference while preventing your own schools to do the same, in reverse. But it is smart for any conference to go after BIG schools as the exit fee is ZERO.
Stimpy, you are on the wrong board appealing to folks sensibilities about the good faith of the ACC, its members, commish, Pitt AD, etc. You spent a decade raiding the BE and now are crying foul when ONE school decides they want to leave and do so on reasonable terms.
How many schools were required to impose that comical exit fee on schools that wants no part of it?Nobody is crying foul about anything. The ACC has bylaws for exiting that any member can follow. Maryland has chosen to leave. It has every right to do so as long as it follows the bylaws for exit. Those bylaws include a $52 million exit fee that Maryland had full disclosure of before making its decision to leave. There is nothing hidden here.
And WVU, Pitt and Syracuse all had 27 month waiting periods before they could leave. It was clearly written in a contract they voted for and without debate... oh... wait....rats.... I guess contracts aren't always ironclad.Nobody is crying foul about anything. The ACC has bylaws for exiting that any member can follow. Maryland has chosen to leave. It has every right to do so as long as it follows the bylaws for exit. Those bylaws include a $52 million exit fee that Maryland had full disclosure of before making its decision to leave. There is nothing hidden here.
I agree - that's the meatiest thing in there, there were some non-specific mentions of ESPN providing counsel on what additions would benefit the ACC, but I think that's typical. If I were looking to add schools to my conference, I would discuss with my TV partner on what schools would raise the payout too.