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[QUOTE="JimBoston, post: 4669220, member: 1312"]
We can all agree that ESPN is in cost cutting mode.   And, I think most of us would agree that the ACC has some schools that are more valuable than others.  Some football matchups like FSU/LSU are more valuable to ESPN (ratings) than FSU/Wake Forest.

If the ACC wanted to dissolve the conference (big if!) and the end result was an improved revenue and cost situation for ESPN, they would not challenge the GORs.  This could be accomplished by pushing some schools to the SEC (full ESPN property), Big 12 (partial ESPN property), Big 10 (FOX), and some schools left out.  You would get better matchups for the schools moving to the SEC, similar matchups and costs for the schools moving to the Big 12, and not pay the schools moving to the Big 10 or not included in the shuffle.  Doesn't this sound similar to what ESPN did to the old Big East?

The difference between the Oklahoma/Texas situation is that only 2 schools wanted to leave the Big 12 so they would have had to challenge the GORs which was a non-starter.  If the ACC voted to dissolve the conference, the only way the GORs could be contested is by ESPN.
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