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The University of Maryland has filed a $157 million counterclaim against the Atlantic Coast Conference, alleging the league tried to recruit two Big Ten schools after Maryland announced its intention to leave for the Big Ten. The 53-page document was filed late Monday in Raleigh, N.C. ''Our lawsuit calls the ACC's 'exit fee' what it really is - an antitrust violation and an illegal activity,'' Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler said in a statement. ''Our motion in North Carolina will ensure that a Maryland court will rule on the case.'' The counterclaim contends that representatives from Wake Forest and Pittsburgh ''each contacted a Big Ten university in an attempt by the ACC to recruit at least two Big Ten schools.'' The document does not name the two schools allegedly targeted by the ACC. Included in the $157 million sought by Maryland is $16 million the school says has been improperly withheld since November 2012, when Maryland announced it was leaving for the Big Ten.
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