That was the reason for the GOR in the first place.

When Maryland was poached from the ACC, the Big 10 was in unofficial talks with GT, UVA and possibly others. Those rumors were leading to Clemson and FSU talking to the Big 12. ESPN was not going to invest in an ACC Network without more stability in the ACC.

Without the GOR, the ACC would likely have fractured 10 years ago. We were in a weaker position than the Big 12 at the time. If we had signed a short term GOR, the ACC would be actively getting split up. With the extended GOR, ESPN was willing to do the ACC Network and each of the schools was assured that another school was not going to leave like Maryland.

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Posted: 07/30/2021 at 11:13AM

Found this on Clemson boards. Big Ten video on SEC. -- Suffhokian 07/30/2021 09:47AM

B1G guys seem a little nervous.... -- Old Line Hokie 07/30/2021 7:14PM

Thanks for sharing! Everyone needs to watch this video. ** -- pine52x 07/30/2021 4:09PM

So UVA and GT have been in contact with the B1X too. -- EDGEMAN 07/30/2021 11:01AM

Agreed. That's the first I heard of UVA/GT in talks with B1G ** -- Suffhokian 07/30/2021 11:08AM

That was the reason for the GOR in the first place. -- mjfhokie 07/30/2021 11:13AM

ESPN (and the ACC) can't even get the ACCN on Comcast. -- Maroon Baboon 07/30/2021 8:47PM

That was the reason for the GOR in the first place.

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