Comments on: Maryland AG moves to dismiss ACC lawsuit

By: thegamecocker

thegamecocker — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 03:42:10 +0000

You got it! The ACC wants to trap and punish these schools so that their basketball heritage could be preserved! They tried making football as popular and strong as basketball, their strength, but could not get that coveted National Championship that would give that perception. That plus ACC teams losing high profile opening, and bowl games made the conference appear weak in football. The new business model is established and they came up short. And that is why the conference is vulnerable for its schools to be raided.

By: deadeye

deadeye — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:44:54 +0000

“I don’t get it. Why would you want to force a team to stay when they don’t want to be there?”

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@normtide

Great question! First off, the ACC is on the verge of seeing it’s top 8 programs leave the conference. That is their motive for the exit fee, to keep everyone trapped in the conference.

You see, the $50 million exit fee was obviously intended from the get-go to PUNISH any school seeking to leave the conference. Thus, when FSU and Maryland voted against it they stated that in their opinion it was illegal. Punitive exit fees are in fact illegal, and when this gets resolved the next 8 will leave. Their deals are being worked out with the BIG10, SEC, and BIG12.

Then Notre Dame will have a hard choice to make…

By: normtide

normtide — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 02:36:42 +0000

I don’t get it. Why would you want to force a team to stay when they don’t want to be there? The smart move would be creating an situation where teams want to stay. The SEC had no exit fee, no waiting period to leave. Honestly, I would think the B1G was the same way, maybe the PAC too. Its funny that they are also the three most stable leagues. Its a mindset, we are the best and you could only do worse. Works in life, and in college football it seems.

By: ridingwithnohandlebars

ridingwithnohandlebars — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:31:22 +0000

And the amount of the settlement could lead to more schools leaving the ACC when they find out how much they will actually have to pay.

By: deadeye

deadeye — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:30:51 +0000

Yes, this most likely will be settled. The problem for the ACC is that if the settlement does not approach 50 million (which it obviously won’t), the floodgates will be open.

We are inching ever closer to a mass exodus from the ACC. Get your popcorn ready…