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Message: [QUOTE="nelsonmuntz, post: 4831730, member: 833"] Maybe. The better way out for FSU is to go to ESPN and convince them to pay the SEC to take a few ACC schools, and then refuse to exercise the option on the media agreement. At that point, the GOR would have no value to the ACC since there is no media contract, therefore, even if the ACC won a lawsuit against FSU and whoever else left, there would be no damages. I bet the ACC's GOR has some loose language in it, which is why they won't let anyone take a copy or even transcribe the contract verbatim. There are probably quite a few ways out of this for FSU. I have never even heard of parties to a contract not having the right to a copy of the contract, but FSU may be able to invalidate the agreement on that basis alone. There is no way to tell if the ACC has unilaterally amended the contract if there are not other copies with the parties to the contract. My prediction: FSU wins easily in Florida court, and then has a better than 50/50 shot in federal court when the Florida ruling is appealed. [/QUOTE]