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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 5052283, member: 3850"] Folks naive to process would say.."they would be free". Clemson and FSU are only free when a court determines that they do own their future rights,,,other wise it is "he didn't have the authority".."Did too"..."Fraud".."Oh you whiners". The whole purpose of the court proceedings is to make that determination...now, with the courts ordering that documents that have been kept secret to be delivered, there is information for a judge to look at. To determine just what the combined GOR/ESPN Media Agreement really dictates. But..these cases are still in the Appeals courts of North Carolina and Florida regarding jurisdiction, so the process will be slow. And after a court makes a decision in favor of a party, the other will appeal the decision. But...the courts have ordered that the information kept as "confidential" be sent to the courts of Florida and South Carolina. With that information, the cases can be prosecuted. The usual process will be for the court to enroll evidence, schedule the hearings, and the take sworn testimony from the plaintiff and defendant, and ask questions to develop the facts...the court then issues a decision based on found facts and points of law. It is that event that triggers the freedom to announce that the program is exiting the ACC with their media rights available. [/QUOTE]