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The ACC might be dead by July:


(1) If two of Clemson, FSU, or UNC leave before June 30, ESPN can unilaterally renegotiate with ACC via Composition Clause immediately.
(2) ESPN has already refused to extend ACC media deal, ACC/ESPN deal will expire in June 2027, ending the Grant of Rights.
(3) ACC might get 8 teams (simple majority) to dissolve conference before July 2024 and play as independents under 1 year ESPN media deal to play out the schedule.
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(4) 12 teams vote to eliminate exit fees and all Grant of Rights terms, play out 2024 season schedule, split revenue equally, without risking going back to ESPN to negotiate for further seasons.
(5) Dumbest move is fighting and letting FSU/Clemson leave before June 30.
 
bullethead said:
The ACC might be dead by July:


(1) If two of Clemson, FSU, or UNC leave before June 30, ESPN can unilaterally renegotiate with ACC via Composition Clause immediately.
(2) ESPN has already refused to extend ACC media deal, ACC/ESPN deal will expire in June 2027, ending the Grant of Rights.
(3) ACC might get 8 teams (simple majority) to dissolve conference before July 2024 and play as independents under 1 year ESPN media deal to play out the schedule.
OR
(4) 12 teams vote to eliminate exit fees and all Grant of Rights terms, play out 2024 season schedule, split revenue equally, without risking going back to ESPN to negotiate for further seasons.
(5) Dumbest move is fighting and letting FSU/Clemson leave before June 30.
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DAMN: CFB & other sports will be heavily impacted.
1.) ACC potentially dead by 2027: just three years away.
2.) Women's Gymnastics in the ACC will be fine: Clemson, Pittsburgh, NC State (2024 ACC champions), North Carolina, Stanford & California will be super exciting to watch in 2025.
3.) Ironic considering that the Longhorn Network will be officially dead effective the end of Spring 2024. Sorry @Sergeant Foley
4.) Big 10 & SEC getting larger & larger.
5.) Big 12 needs to consider getting FSU, etc.,
 
Update on FSU vs ACC - Florida Edition:
Article:
Critical points Cooper has made
The ACC's anticipatory filing against FSU was a form of forum shopping
Believes that motion to stay in Leon County should be postponed.
This case isn't a local concern but a state concern and one for all states with ACC establishments.
He sides more with FSU when it comes to the grant of rights being ratified by the board as FSU is an entity in Florida. However, Cooper is "troubled putting signature" on FSU's argument on the grant of rights. Cooper said FSU didn't "win" that.
Discovery issue unruled on until motion to dismiss.
 
bullethead said:
Update on FSU vs ACC - Florida Edition:
Article:
Critical points Cooper has made
The ACC's anticipatory filing against FSU was a form of forum shopping
Believes that motion to stay in Leon County should be postponed.
This case isn't a local concern but a state concern and one for all states with ACC establishments.
He sides more with FSU when it comes to the grant of rights being ratified by the board as FSU is an entity in Florida. However, Cooper is "troubled putting signature" on FSU's argument on the grant of rights. Cooper said FSU didn't "win" that.
Discovery issue unruled on until motion to dismiss.
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Getting more crazier & the plot continues to thicken.
 
Here's what that super league idea apparently was going to look like, somehow stealing Josh Pate's eight 10 team divisions idea while coming up with divisions he'd probably hate:
Article:
Sportico recently obtained a “confidential” pitch deck, which was circulated by the group in mid-February. The document contains a number of previously unreported details, including a specific plan for sharing broadcast revenue with players, a 40-game spring football “festival,” and a preliminary look at how the Super League’s 70 permanent members might be arranged in seven geographically aligned leagues.

College Sports Tomorrow (CST), a collection of U.S. sports team owners, executives and college administrators, has spent months trying to distill the current upheaval in intercollegiate athletics into an entirely new business model. The group includes Devils/Sixers owner David Blitzer, NFL executive Brian Rolapp, Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam, Syracuse chancellor Kent Syverud and TurnkeyZRG chairman and CEO Len Perna.

An 11-page deck, titled “Competitive Equity Proposals” and dated Feb. 15, was produced for CST by TurnkeyZRG, a search firm that works extensively in college athletics. The document is marked “attorney-client privileged,” although it is unclear why, since TurnkeyZRG is not a law firm. A representative from CST didn’t respond to an email seeking comment on the details.

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The February plan is written for a college sports league that would launch in 2027, a timeline that has since drawn skepticism. Here are some more specifics from the pitch deck:

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The NIL and transfer rules are pretty interesting, but the calendar is fucking insane:
The pitch deck proposes a 14-game regular season played across 15 weeks starting in August. The regular season concludes Thanksgiving weekend and is followed by a 16-team Super League playoff, played out over five weeks. The deck includes a parenthetical that the schedule has room “to grow to 24 [playoff teams] without adding more weeks.”

The deck also references a “college football spring festival,” a series of 40 spring games played by Super League teams each April. Those games could include concerts and other auxiliary events, an apparent push toward further commercializing spring exhibitions that are growing in popularity and prominence.
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FSU/Clemson vs ACC updates:
Article:
The latest (May 3, 2024): The ACC must provide an unredacted copy of its ESPN contract to Clemson within seven days, a South Carolina judge has ordered in an interim ruling. But the contract remains confidential and can only be used for the litigation. That news comes from a filing submitted Friday morning. The contract is central to Florida State’s lawsuits with the ACC, too; last week, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a legal complaint against the ACC over the document.

May 2, 2024: Clemson’s amended complaint against the ACC is now public. The biggest change (at first glance) is that the Tigers are now seeking damages from the conference. Clemson says the ACC “slandered its title,” regarding its future TV rights.
 
bullethead said:
FSU/Clemson vs ACC updates:
Article:
The latest (May 3, 2024): The ACC must provide an unredacted copy of its ESPN contract to Clemson within seven days, a South Carolina judge has ordered in an interim ruling. But the contract remains confidential and can only be used for the litigation. That news comes from a filing submitted Friday morning. The contract is central to Florida State’s lawsuits with the ACC, too; last week, Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a legal complaint against the ACC over the document.

May 2, 2024: Clemson’s amended complaint against the ACC is now public. The biggest change (at first glance) is that the Tigers are now seeking damages from the conference. Clemson says the ACC “slandered its title,” regarding its future TV rights.
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Keep us posted on more developments.
 
Former Florida recruit sues UF HC Billy Napier & others over failed $14 million NIL deal New
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    • No idea about anything, besides that it was hiliarious to see UF spill spaghetti like that.

    This might be a decent breakdown of what's going on in this case:
    Article:
    Often been reported that Rashada's UF NIL contract allowed either side to terminate it at ANY time for ANY reason. This is probably why it's not plead as a simple "breach of contract" case. VERY important distinction.

    Instead, it looks like a "tortious interference of contract" case, which means the underlying claim is that Rashada was "defrauded" out of his $9 million Miami NIL contract by people at UF who never had any intention of honoring a UF deal. This seems ridiculous to claim and impossible to prove, since clearly UF wanted Rashada to play for UF.

    Especially, if alleged, Rashada was given $150k to help get out of the Miami deal. What, UF people gave him $150k just to trick him out of his Miami deal but NOT to play for UF? Nonsense, he was not "defrauded" out of the Miami deal -- his family chose that path. Moral of the story is to never walk away from life-changing money for green(d)er pastures.

    The Rashada family clearly should have had an attorney advising them at the time and reviewing all contracts. No lawyer would have let them voluntarily leave a binding $9 million deal to sign one that could be terminated at will at any time. That's not a contract... it's a worthless piece of paper.

    UF exercised their option to terminate the deal BEFORE he signed a letter of intent, so he was free to sign elsewhere and get any deal he could... including Miami and the same $9 million deal... although one could understand why Ruiz may have not wanted any part of him by then.

    It sounds like the UF deal was terminated due to misunderstandings over compensation and exactly where it would come from. "Misunderstanding" is a LONG way from fraud.
     
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