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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 4722647, member: 71"] At the time Swofford felt it was a brilliant move because [B]a[/B]) it removed the fear of the ACC being raided by the big two and [B]b[/B]) it put ND in a situation where it remaining independent in football was no longer a possibility, they would have to join the ACC in football. He felt surviving long term (by not losing marquee schools) would be how the ACC would remain a power conference while the B-12 and P-12 would over time be decimated by the big two. He also believed that at some point ND will not be able to continue as a football independent and that would be a major prize for the ACC. What he didn't foresee was that the media contract could become obsolete well before they hit the homestretch in the GOR term. The security of the GOR became a prison for the higher profile members once they saw what they viewed as far that lesser schools (UCF in FSU's eyes) being in position to make more from media revenue than they were making. They never anticipated the landscaped being altered to the level it was and I imagine they never had an inclusion in their contract to adjust to current market if at some future point the market changed sufficiently out of fear of the possibility that it could lead to the contract being negotiated down. It can be said that the GOR is the ACC's Maginot Line. [/QUOTE]