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Message: [QUOTE="FfldCntyFan, post: 5013168, member: 71"] I will begin by stating that I have not read any of the documents in question (a couple of which I would never be granted the opportunity). From what I've read during the duration of this is that the ACC's contract with ESPN (which some have claimed was never made available to individual schools) was available, but only within the ACC offices. If that is true, beyond that it would discredit the public presentation that schools were not allowed to see it, I would wager heavily that every school had a legal team review at some point not long after it was executed. It would be malfeasance on the part of any individual school to not become familiar with its terms. The idea that confidentiality is problematic is purely posturing. The reality is that in most cases (especially with highly visible entities) contract terms are kept confidential as standard operating procedure. I believe that it is pretty safe to say that the threat of being able to bring confidential contract terms public as a means for gaining some leverage was what FSU and Clemson had been attemptinig. I personally don't see how this could succeed. The claim that the GOR agreement would allow the return of rights once a school leaves the conference makes zero sense as it basically contradicts the purpose of a GOR. Under the premise that this is truly the case, the would not be the current lawsuits as paying a previously agreed upon exit fee (that was a unanimous vote by ACC members, in place long before any current members considered leaving) would free the school that have brought the lawsuits. On the claim that until recently they did not know this, [/QUOTE]

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