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Message: [QUOTE="Pat125, post: 5051043, member: 4513"] The point is the contract is not as cut and dried as you state it is. If it was, Florida St. would be out, regardless of the ACC’s interest to drag things out, and Florida St. would save a lot on attorney fees. Yet here we are months later with no end in sight, and lots of attorneys continue to get rich for the unforeseeable future. Your interpretation of the ACC/ESPN agreements may be right for all I know, and maybe all the courts will agree to that someday well into the future, but the problem is there are parts that both sides are vehemently fighting for regarding the interpretation. In the paragraph of the agreement including “only to meet the requirements of the ESPN agreement” also includes the phrase whether the school “is a member of the conference or not.” Also, I have not read from anyone or seen in any documentation regarding February 2021. If that were true, then the GOR is over in 2027 according to you. Why would Florida St. have to wait until February 2025? Also, it does not seem fair to me that the option to extend to 2036 is one-sided towards ESPN. Both the ACC and the individual schools should have the option as well. But contracts can include one-sided provisions, and the ACC and the schools apparently agreed to it when they signed. [/QUOTE]