Court upholds Maryland's $52.3M ACC exit fee

A North Carolina court ruling could result in Maryland having to pay the full $52 million fee for leaving the ACC to join the Big Ten.

The ACC and Maryland have competing litigation in regards to the fee that should be assessed for leaving the conference. Maryland argues that the figure, which represents three times the conference's operating budget, does not represent the damages caused by the Terps' exit.

Maryland made a bid to dismiss the ACC's suit, filed in North Carolina on Nov. 26, 2012. North Carolina's Court of Appeals rejected Maryland's appeal in its Tuesday ruling.