Report: Eliminated Maryland Sports Teams Reevaluated

Loh will ask the 22-member commission to submit a report on the eliminated teams, The Washington Post reports.

University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh will reevaluate the seven varsity sports teams that were eliminated over the summer due to financial troubles in the athletics department, according to a Washington Post story. Loh formed a 22-member commission to look at the viability of the teams. The commission will submit a report by June 20, 2013. According to The Washington Post story: The commission will review the athletic department’s finances and recommend which of sports should be reinstated, and on what timeline. Given the revenue anticipated from the Big Ten move, which becomes official on July 1, 2014, Loh asked the commission for a plan to ensure the department’s “financial health for at least the next two decades.”

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Maryland Set to Join Big Ten Academic Alliance

The CIC, founded in 1958, is widely regarded as one of the best established and most effective academic collaboratives in the country.

By DAVID GUTMAN Capital News Service   Before the University of Maryland joins the Big Ten in 2014, it will join the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), an academic alliance of Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago that pools resources for research, course offerings, library holdings and purchasing power. While no one is arguing that membership in the CIC was the primary motivation behind Maryland’s conference swap, it played “an essential and significant role,” in the decision, said Brian Ullmann, Maryland’s assistant vice president for communications and marketing. The CIC, founded in 1958, is widely regarded as one of the best established and most effective academic collaboratives in the country. “In the Big Ten, all …

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ACC Sues Maryland For $52M Fee

The Atlantic Coast Conference sued the University of Maryland in a North Carolina court Monday, according to media reports.

To ensure the Terps will pay their $50 million exit fee when they leave the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in two years to join the Big Ten conference, the ACC sued the University of Maryland Monday in a North Carolina court, according to media reports. "We continue to extend our best wishes to the University of Maryland; however, there is the expectation that Maryland will fulfill its exit fee obligation," Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement, according to USA Today. "On Friday, the ACC Council of Presidents made the unanimous decision to file legal action to ensure the enforcement of this obligation." President Wallace Loh said he didn't believe the exit fee would hold up in court, according to USA Today. Maryland announced it…

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Maryland Players and Alumni Respond to Conference Move

The controversial decision to move the University of Maryland to the Big Ten was met with mixed reactions.

Academics Factor in UMD Big Ten Decision

Maryland will become part of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Joining the Big Ten Conference was not only an athletic decision, but also an academic one, according to University of Maryland President Wallace D. Loh. By becoming part of the Big Ten, the university will be part of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, a consortium of universities that share academic resources and research. The financial gains from joining the Big Ten will be used to earmark substantial funds for students in need, not just student athletes, according to Loh. This marks a new financial paradigm for intercollegiate athletics where the athletics help support university, Loh said. "That's paramount in these tight times," he said. The money will also make sure Maryland is competitive not only in the Big Ten, but …

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