ACC Claims They Have "No Incentive, Less Than Zero Percent," To Settle With FSU and Clemson

FSU did not declare. They asked the courts to consider them withdrawn IF and Only IF the courts decide the ACC has breached the contract. Judge Cooper has stated that FSU request was not a formal withdrawal and the ACC attny’s agreed.

The FSU AD didn’t lie. FSU has not officially notified the ACC that they are leaving. They have in their filing that if certain things go their way then they want that retrospective date to serve as their official notification. But those things haven’t happened. Obviously they want out. But there has absolutely not been official notification that they ARE leaving. You have to ask the right questions to get the right answers. Wanting to do something and doing something are not the same thing.

Phillips: "we have contract with ESPN until 2036, there are no issues" Also Phillips about 2025 option: "they just have a 'look-in' and we have a few issues to work out" Do you see the contradiction. I know you're smart enough to see how the first statement is PR and the second is slip up confirmation undermining the first statement.

The State of Florida has all of the power. That's being ignored by everyone.

The ACC is silly if they think they don’t have any reason to settle. ESPN has a lot of good reasons to not renew the ACC contract in 2025. Plus, the ACC hasn’t acted with the parties’ best interests and discovery will be damaging for them.

The Hyperbole here is hilarious 😂

Kenton, how is a battle for survival for the ACC? You have also said that not that many schools either have a place to go or the money to leave? So, how is this a battle for acc’s survival under this logic?

It’s a weird remark by the ACC. Conflict resolution is always better than standing conflict. Just ask the Mob.

Hey guys! Whatever is going to happen needs to happen. Let's get back to football. 😁

The ACC is just posturing, which they should. The reality is as soon as the FL courts authorize public discovery of all documents and communications between the ACC and ESPN, this will be settled the next day.

How can someone say that haven’t stated they’re leaving? They haven’t said that. The language states that if actions aren’t take they want they declaration to leave backdated. Gaslighting? Like the ACC suing FSU before they took member votes which is required by the bylaws. Good luck.

The Acc is done what else would he say smh the delusion is mind blowing to me

It's not about disbanding the league, but mutually agreeing to split the league. The key inflection points incoming are (1) the ESPN decision on their option and (2) NCAA settlement for athlete compensation. These could provide the needed political cover to split the league along the fissure between private and public school.

It is up to what the judges have to say.

The surest sign someone is posturing for a settlement negotiation is a public declaration that they have no interest in settling...

If the contract changes the GOR is much weaker because the GOR is written and says it is to secure the rights needed for the ACC to fulfill the very specific ESPN agreement as amended in 2016. The ACC cant agree to.more.money, or less money, or any change in terms. It is take it or.leave it. Np changes

Are you guys polishing your resumes for when the ACC goes the way of the PAC-12? The ACC has been an exceedingly poor steward for the schools that provide revenue for all the schools that provide nothing. Looking forward to the FL and SC AG also putting forward lawsuits against the ACC. UNC hop on board. FSU to the B1G!

I wouldn't settle either if I were the ACC. No ACC team can say that they're 'under duress' when they keep signing the ESPN paperwork and no team has gotten to the playoffs this decade. FSU cannot say that ESPN is paying them unfairly when in 2024 it knowingly signed the 2026 ESPN playoff extension where it would get 17% but the SEC would get 29%. Furthermore, the Big 12 is getting 15% less than the ACC and no team is suing ESPN.

@Alex...where do you prefer Miami land if a move occurs? 🤔

YOU GUYS NEED TO ACTUALLY DO SOME RESEARCH INTO THE THINGS OF WHICH YOU SPEAK This is pretty simple. FSU has not issued an "official notice of withdrawal" as required by the ACC Bylaws. FSU's contract does not state what McMurphy writes. He misrepresented the actual language. It stated that "if" the Court finds that the grant of rights and exit fee penalties were *both* void and unenforceable, that FSU gives notice on that date. It's conditional. And I'm not sure a judge/court can even retroactively apply that date. I'm sure you two will argue that's the same thing as FSU announcing it's withdrawal, but it's not. It legally is not the same, and the ACC must agree because they have allowed FSU to continue to participate in conference matters such as the spring meetings last week. As far as FSU/Clemson not adding value to the P2, we all know that's a load of 💩. They are at least as valuable as the average P2 school, and I think almost everyone would agree they're more valuable than average. I cannot believe how many journalists repeat this line when everybody knows it's nonsense. And in the case of ESPN, they could simply recoup any additional expenses caused by FSU/Clem moving to the SEC by terminating the ACC deal in 2027 and renegotiating a new deal from 2027-36 for a reduced price. ESPN could easily come out ahead via that arrangement. But I agree with Kenton. If the "Magnificent 7" secure an 8th or 9th school (Duke, GT?) to dissolve the conference, there is no longer keeping any of those 7, 8 or 9 schools from seeking their own landing spot in the P2. EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF! The ACC would be dead - THANK GOD! But that doesn't mean the "Mag 7" would ever form their own conference. The ACC is dead either way. The only question is the precise order of the dominoes to fall.