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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 506978, member: 622"]
That's is exactly why the ACC is withholding payments.  The Big East is withholding payments to Pitt, Syracuse, Louisville and Rutgers, at least up to the amount owed by each school to the conference.  This is probably included as a clause in the agreement.
 
As for collecting any unpaid amounts, if the State of Maryland interfered with an assumed ACC favorable decision by the NC courts, there may be grounds for enforcement by the SCOTUS, but I have never dealt in this arena.  Usually, courts uphold other courts' decisions, unless it is on appeal, meaning the Maryland court would allow the ACC to collect but within whatever boundaries Maryland has for debt collections. 
 
However, perception and reality would probably force and/or shame the state and/or the school into making UM pay the money. Maryland would make payment arrangements and pay the balance.  Plus, the ACC could strike back in athletic manners, via not scheduling lacrosse, hoops, other Olympic sports.  Lacrosse and hoops would cost Maryland a chunk of change, not being able to play UV, Syracuse, Duke and UNC on a regular basis could effectively kill their program.  Not playing the ACC schools in hoops would likely cause lower attendance and greater costs in travel.
 
All of that leads to the easy way out, negotiations.  I still believe that Maryland settles for north of 2X, a little south of 3X (to save face), gets game guarantees in all sports, at least for a few years (I would not be opposed to keeping them in lacrosse as the B1G does not have a league, to my knowledge), gets to pay monies owed over several years (at least 3-5, maybe more due to their athletic department debt) and everyone smiles and says wonderful things about each other.
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