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Message: [QUOTE="billybud, post: 1693282, member: 3850"] It is no secret that, to circumvent Florida's public meeting law, that Swofford and his media consultant met individually with each FSU Trustee (except for Joe Camps). Swofford and the consultant also met with President Barron and made the same pitch. If something was verbally implied, it was implied to the person responsible for contracting for the institution for a GOR as well as to the individual members responsible for advising that President. When President Barron came out of the meetings he stated... "The huge differentiator is a network," Barron said. "The Big Ten Network is the biggest differentiator in finances going into a conference budget. I believe the SEC is busily working at it, and so is the ACC." FSU Trustee Burr has made plain that Swofford used a ACC net as a lever to get FSU to sign the GOR. "The ACC never projected it would have a cable channel in place by now - the earliest goals mentioned by conference athletic directors and presidents have been 2016 or 2017 - but Burr said he would like to see signs of tangible progress. He reminded the other trustees that the channel's viability was one of the reasons FSU agreed to the Grant of Rights. Before that agreement was approved, Swofford traveled to Tallahassee and met individually with each trustee to offer them assurances about the conference's future. There was "a big commitment from the conference to this university a few years ago on that issue. I'm sure no one's forgotten," Burr said." It is clear that Swofford used a carrot....I don't think that FSU is contemplating any action. I think that the school thinks that the partners are working diligently. (just call me NED) whoop whoop. [/QUOTE]

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