Florida State sued the ACC in December and has been fighting to leave its media rights contract ever since.
College football insider and Action Network reporter Brett McMurphy is using sources to reveal the anonymous sentiments from SEC and Big Ten presidents and chancellors regarding Florida State’s attempt to leave the ACC and possibly join their conferences. In short, a majority of those who gave a response were not kind to FSU’s decision to sue its way out of the “draconian” media deal with the ACC and ESPN.
“There is no appetite among the presidents unless there is some catastrophic development with the ACC and it forces into a decision,” the source said. “If the ACC blows up, who picks first ? Who picks second? If there is a need and desire to expand, you take inventory so your competitors don’t get it. But the presidents and chancellors are looking for stability. Despite what the social media geniuses are suggesting, no one — the leagues, the networks — is driving expansion.”Parsing the headline here "unlikely to add if ACC survives"hasn’t shown that it could be a good partner based on the steps it has taken to leave the ACC.
“Look what they did: getting the attorney general involved, accusing John Swofford of rigging the television rights to help his son, filing a suit to expose ESPN’s TV deals — something the other three power leagues are against, by the way,” the source said. “They’re not a good partner. There’s no congeniality. No one wants that.FSU
It is not known whether Florida State called upon Attorney General Ashley Moody to file suit against the ACC to demand the public release of its “secret contract” with ESPN. The SEC, the Big Ten, and the Big 12 did file an amicus brief in hopes of sealing media contracts between the ACC and ESPN as they claim “trade secrets” could be damaging to all four conferences that have deals with ESPN.
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