I've been enjoying the fact that Maryland's departure from the ACC is what triggered a series of really bad decisions by ACC members. Recall that before Maryland left, the ACC had announced new "permanent" rivals across their Frankenstein conference. They paired Maryland with Pitt as a permanent rival. For decades, Maryland had complained about how excluded they were in the ACC decision making processes. Gary Williams used to joke about Maryland being the northern outpost of the ACC like it was The Wall in Game of Thrones.
When Maryland left for the B1G, the ACC trashed Maryland. Said that the addition of Louisville to replace Maryland would add more than Maryland ever brought. Coach K said he'd never schedule Maryland again and wouldn't allow MD-Duke in the ACC-B1G Challenge to occur. As far as I know, Maryland and Duke haven't played in a regular season game in any sport since Maryland left the ACC.
Then the ACC signed their new TV deal with ESPN (through 2036), and the ACC included the Grant of Rights deal to make sure that another Maryland situation wouldn't occur.
Now that GoR deal is the shackle that will be the demise of all of the ACC members. All because the ACC didn't want another team to bolt like Maryland did. Poverty conference.
I love it.