Editing Big Ten Conference (section)

====Maryland and Rutgers join====

On November 19, 2012, the University of Maryland's Board of Regents voted to withdraw from the [[Atlantic Coast Conference|ACC]] and join the Big Ten as its 13th member effective on July 1, 2014.<ref>{{cite news|last=Prewitt|first=Alex|title=Maryland moving to Big Ten|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/terrapins-insider/wp/2012/11/19/maryland-approves-move-to-big-ten-reports-say/|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> The Big Ten's Council of Presidents approved the move later that day.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Barker|first1=Jeff|last2=Korman|first2=Chris|title=Maryland's application for Big Ten admission approved|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/college/bal-maryland-to-seek-admission-into-big-ten-conference-1119,0,7212065.story|access-date=November 19, 2012|newspaper=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=November 19, 2012}}</ref> One day later, Rutgers University of the [[Big East Conference (1979–2013)|Big East]] also accepted an offer for membership from the Big Ten as its 14th member school.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rutgers University To Join The Big Ten Conference|url=http://www.bigten.org/genrel/112012aaf.html|access-date=November 20, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127180040/http://www.bigten.org/genrel/112012aaf.html|archive-date=November 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> Like Nebraska, both schools would not receive full shares of the media revenue until six years after they joined. However, both schools took loans from the conference, thus pushing back the date they would receive full shares.<ref name="nj.com"/>