Why maryland left the acc

It used to be that the Friday of the ACC basketball tournament shut down the entire state of North Carolina, but the days of the conference having that sort of prominence seem numbered. As might the conference itself. If it becomes a massively changed thing, will there be that common identity?

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But, of course, the Big Ten will bring big money. Maryland, a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since , will make the move in July And Maryland is not the only school that may be gaining that stability.

Rutgers, which has seen its league, the Big East, gain and lose members since , has scheduled a 2 p. Rutgers' president, Robert Barchi, and athletics director, Tim Pernetti, have the authority to accept an invitation from the Big Ten without the approval of the school's Board of Governors. Maryland's athletics department has been battling budget deficits, and in July, it eliminated seven of its previously 27 sports teams.

Discontinued were men's tennis, women's water polo, men's and women's swimming, acrobatics and tumbling, men's cross country and men's indoor track and field. Said athletics director Kevin Anderson: "No future Maryland athletic director will ever have to look in young men's and young women's eyes and say you can't play here anymore.

The Big Ten has the biggest TV contract in college sports. Two, the Big Ten and the SEC are clearly the most powerful leagues from a ratings and audience perspective. But Maryland's move will come at a price.