The Syracuse Orange have reached an exit agreement with the Big East Conference and will start play in the Atlantic Coast Conference beginning July 1, 2013, according to a report on the university’s website.
Big East by-laws call for a 27-month period before a school can leave and Syracuse, which announced its intentions last fall, will pay a $7.5 million exit fee to the Big East.
“We look forward to the new academic and athletic partnerships and the extraordinary competitive opportunities that membership in the ACC offers,” said Dr. Daryl Gross, Director of Athletics at Syracuse. “We are excited about both our final season in the Big East and our long-term future with the ACC.”
The Orange of Syracuse have been members of the conference since the Big East’s first basketball (1979-80) and football (1990-91) seasons. Their departure is another blow to the once-proud conference.
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