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Report: UMD Files $157 Million Counterclaim, Alleging ACC Recruited Big Ten Schools
The university seeks to avoid the $52 million exit fee from the Atlantic Coast Conference.
By Brian Hooks
TheΒ University of MarylandΒ has filed a $157 million counter claim against theΒ Atlantic Coast Conference, which the university will leave for theΒ Big Ten ConferenceΒ in July,Β reports the Baltimore Sun.
The counterclaim alleges the ACC violated Maryland antitrust laws by attempting to recruit schools from the Big Ten, after the university announced intentions to move to the Big Ten.
Maryland faces a $52 million exit fee for departing the ACCβan amount only Maryland and Florida State voted against, according to the Sun.
The counterclaim says the exit fee "lacks any legitimate economic justification" and was not properly amended to the ACC constitution when it was adopted in 2012. It also claimsΒ ESPNΒ has "incentivized" action by the ACC to add members to the conference.
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