it won't because the other schools who don't get invites to the Big 10 and SEC will keep the conference alive
Florida State is getting ready to leave the ACC; is suing the ACC over Grant of Rights and exit fees
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they not winning this lawsuit.
what they seem to forget is their own school president as well as the rest of the school presidents all signed this deal knowing that it was ironclad.
What they should have done is not make go until 2036. ESPN has an out in 2027, but why do that when you got a major power conference on a cheap deal by today's standards.
Burn it down. NCAA and ESPN kept them out of the playoff so raise hell. They went undefeated and played by the rules and ended up getting screwed in the end
ESPN doesn't gain anything dissolving the ACC, in fact I'd bet they prefer the ACC stay as is, they already have their rights on a cheap deal.
Sh1t, Stanford and Cal may be better off staying in the Pac-2 and trying to salvage that than dealing with this mess. Even if FSU loses, the writing is on the wall that ACC may not last much longer once that contract expires. They are way behind in tv revenue and all of the big brand schools will be running to somewhere else to close the $$$ gap with the B1G and SEC.
Hell, why would they even sign the Grant of Right when they can't even get a copy of it for personal reference? That should be a red flag from the start.
Just seen that.
I don't know how you can enforce a contract that no one is allowed to get a copy of.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
Yeah, that’s fugazi. That may be enough to get them out since they can’t see the contract lol.
The big 12 will cherry pick the schools that have some value, but aren't necessarily the flagship/biggest brand schools from the ACC.
It would basically be the same thing that happened to the Pac 12.
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Only comment I got on this….
They led the charge for the Grant of Rights and TV deal when it was being negotiated to keep another situation like Maryland leaving in order to stabilize the conference and how Syracuse, Louisville and Pitt came to be in the conference. Remember Boeheim being mad cause the Cuse were making decisions based off football? They have no one but themselves to blame (FSU). This will be tied up in litigation
They led the charge for the Grant of Rights and TV deal when it was being negotiated to keep another situation like Maryland leaving in order to stabilize the conference and how Syracuse, Louisville and Pitt came to be in the conference. Remember Boeheim being mad cause the Cuse were making decisions based off football? They have no one but themselves to blame (FSU). This will be tied up in litigation
Lucky_Lefty
Dreams Are Colder Than Death...
Not really. It’s been that way close to a decade and wasn’t an issue until they wanted to make it one.
mastermind
Rest In Power Kobe
I think that’s the point. I’m sure contract lawyers can explain this better, but if you can’t see the terms of a contract you signed and aren’t allowed to make copies, that could be legally dubious.
only reason Big made more than ACC schools the last year was there were less schools in the conference. That changes with the additions of Utah, Colorado, and the Arizona schools. They're 4th in the Power 4 as far as TV deals.
I'm calling cap on not seeing the contract. They reaching for straws because at the end of the day, their school president signed off on the new TV deal.
so a lawyer from article with the athletic had a copy but they gotta go up to see it
