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[QUOTE="omniorange, post: 413261, member: 636"]
You are missing the overall point which is how likely is it that Maryland will leave the ACC alone, risking that some other ACC schools will eventual follow?  At whatever likelihood it was that FSU would leave the ACC alone (at least they are the league's big dog in terms of football), take that small figure and cut it down three-quarters. 
 
What we likely have here is the same thing that was in effect with FSU.  Some influential donor/BOT member isn't happy with the size of Maryland's athletic budget and is trying to manuever them out of the ACC for perceived greener pastures elsewhere.  After a few days (assuming it is even being seriously considered) the institution as a whole will come to the realization that it would be nuts for an institutional culture that sees itself as a tweener between southern and northeastern to go to a conference that is culturally midwestern and the plain states.
 
More importantly, what makes this rumor even less likely than FSU to the Big 12, is that the Big 12 had a huge reason for wanting FSU in its ranks, whereas the BiG has a so/so reason. 
 
Cheers,
Neil
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