OT: Florida State to sue ACC over GOR

[Excalibur]

The negotiated cost of leaving the ACC would be much lower if only the ACCN GORs impact FSU's departure.

Perhaps. But 12 years is a long time. Add to that the cost of both for the next two seasons and the general exit fee and the price gets pretty significant really fast.

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Article released today looks to obliterate FSU’s case. There is no extension option on the ACC network. It already runs through 2036, and the GOR applies.

The league is within its rights to counter sue for the legal costs of defending this frivolous lawsuit by FSU and Clemson that was really just performance art for their fans.

 

[uconndogs]

Maybe FSU should suit up some of their attorneys and get them on the field. Couldn't do much worse than what's out there now.

 

[upstater]

The reason I find this latest development hard to believe is SMU, Cal, Stanford.

I thought that FSU was full of it prior to last year when the ACC panicked with crazy additions.

Something doesn't smell right.

 

[huskymedic]

Willing sacrificial lamb or a canary in the coal mine…

-> It was a small procedural win for the Seminoles in their half-a-billion-dollar, multi-state litigation with the league, but Florida State’s outside counsel also framed it as necessary progress for an entire college sports ecosystem trying to figure out the future of one of the Power Four conferences and two of its biggest brands.

“Having uncertainty and having no answers is not helpful…” Florida State’s outside counsel, Peter Rush, said in a virtual court hearing. “I think everyone needs this to move forward and reach at least a closer place to resolution so that everyone — the ACC, Clemson, Florida State, all the members of the ACC, every conference in the United States — can have some certainty as to what the rules are and actually what these contracts say.” <-

 

[WestHartHusk]

Willing sacrificial lamb or a canary in the coal mine…

-> It was a small procedural win for the Seminoles in their half-a-billion-dollar, multi-state litigation with the league, but Florida State’s outside counsel also framed it as necessary progress for an entire college sports ecosystem trying to figure out the future of one of the Power Four conferences and two of its biggest brands.

“Having uncertainty and having no answers is not helpful…” Florida State’s outside counsel, Peter Rush, said in a virtual court hearing. “I think everyone needs this to move forward and reach at least a closer place to resolution so that everyone — the ACC, Clemson, Florida State, all the members of the ACC, every conference in the United States — can have some certainty as to what the rules are and actually what these contracts say.” <-

This framing tells you their argument on the contract they signed sucks.

 

[upstater]

This framing tells you their argument on the contract they signed sucks.

The world is depending on this decision. Humanity cannot proceed until we know.

 

[richw]

FSU “Who’s the coach at Vanderbilt and does that quarter back have another year?

 

[CL82]

This framing tells you their argument on the contract they signed sucks.

It doesn't sound like someone who thinks they're going to prevail, does it?

 

[BlueHen]

It doesn't sound like someone who thinks they're going to prevail, does it?

Even in a Bye week, FSU gets a loss.

 

[CL82]

Even in a Bye week, FSU gets a loss.

 

[Fishy]

Willing sacrificial lamb or a canary in the coal mine…

-> It was a small procedural win for the Seminoles in their half-a-billion-dollar, multi-state litigation with the league, but Florida State’s outside counsel also framed it as necessary progress for an entire college sports ecosystem trying to figure out the future of one of the Power Four conferences and two of its biggest brands.

“Having uncertainty and having no answers is not helpful…” Florida State’s outside counsel, Peter Rush, said in a virtual court hearing. “I think everyone needs this to move forward and reach at least a closer place to resolution so that everyone — the ACC, Clemson, Florida State, all the members of the ACC, every conference in the United States — can have some certainty as to what the rules are and actually what these contracts say.” <-

This lawsuit is such a dog they cannot even coherently explain what they're suing for.

They all know what's in the contract; they signed it.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[bendm]

not relevant to anything but UConn's helmet design is so bad, it looks so JV. hopefully they can go back to the block C on the side when we join the BIG12.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[BlueHen]

If FSU keeps playing like they have been (1-8 so far this year) the ACC might lower the exit fee just to get rid of them.

 

[Travelman6]

If FSU keeps playing like they have been (1-8 so far this year) the ACC might lower the exit fee just to get rid of them.

I'm sure a soon to be 2-10 team is super appealing to the b10 or sec. Though maybe they need a doormat...

 

[CONN78SEJ]

What a joke. FSU is one of the worst teams in football, and their argument is the program would get better in the SEC?????

 

[uconndogs]

FSU has a problem. They had a great season last year and reasonable people could understand their disappointment with not getting into the CFP. Then they literally did not show up for the Orange Bowl and now they forgot to show up for an entire season. That's culture and coaching.......and a really big problem.

They also may very well have overplayed their hand with the ACC vis a vi the BiG and SEC.

 

[JeepCSC]

Using quick math, I think that points to the annual ACC payout going up $8 million in the last year.

 

[huskymedic]

 

[CL82]

Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah.

Oklahoma having some buyer's remorse?

 

[FfldCntyFan]

Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah.

Oklahoma having some buyer's remorse?

What I see there is more evidence that the ACC made an enormous mistake in choosing Louisville over us.

 

[HuskyHawk]

Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah.

Oklahoma having some buyer's remorse?

I don't understand the call out of Oklahoma here. Many of these are SEC states, including Oklahoma. But it probably has little to do with sports, or South Dakota wouldn't be here.

 

[CL82]

I don't understand the call out of Oklahoma here. Many of these are SEC states, including Oklahoma. But it probably has little to do with sports, or South Dakota wouldn't be here.

Just a little random snark, my friend, nothing more than that.

 

[Kolumbo]

Kentucky, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Utah.

Oklahoma having some buyer's remorse?

plus Florida and South Carolina

The states of Florida, Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Utah

Major new filing in North Carolina Supreme Court with multiple states supporting Florida State in case vs. ACC

New filing in North Carolina Supreme Court regarding Florida State's case against the Atlantic Coast Conference.

247sports.com

 

[CONN78SEJ]

What I see there is more evidence that the ACC made an enormous mistake in choosing Louisville over us.

……and BC will do penance for the next 100 years.

 

[HuskyHawk]

What I see there is more evidence that the ACC made an enormous mistake in choosing Louisville over us.

What you see is that U Kentucky not Louisville is what matters. Maybe that confirms the mistake. But Louisville football is pretty good again.

 

[NoSpamHere]

Florida State just doesn't seem to understand the idea of a contract (verbal or written)...

Former FSU Basketball Players Sue Coach Over ‘Broken’ NIL Promises

 

[superjohn]

Florida State just doesn't seem to understand the idea of a contract (verbal or written)...

Former FSU Basketball Players Sue Coach Over ‘Broken’ NIL Promises

The players don't seem to understand how NIL and contracts work.