Re: FSU LAWSUIT AGAINST ACC IS HUGE

FSU LAWSUIT AGAINST ACC IS HUGE

NO ATHLETIC
CONFERENCE has ever been sued by one of its members for what the FSU suit alleges. It is a landmark law suit and will have far reaching implications for all college athletic conferences. If it proceeds through the court system, it may end up in the Supreme Court.
I don't think the college conferences will want to risk having a court formalize what FSU IS ASKING FOR. Thus, I see the other conferences putting pressure on the ACC to settle this out of court and let those schools in the ACC who want to leave, do so at a reduced buyout fee. If it means the ACC is dead
as a conference, it is better to sacrifice that conference over the SEC AND BIG. FSU has a landing spot in the SEC. BET ON IT. Probably Clemson as well. No way the SEC wants the BIG getting a foothold in the South with recruiting.

This lawsuit will end soon with a settlement for FSU and other teams who want to leave and have a landing spot.
The ACC cannot afford the scrutiny of its poor management practices and policies. FSU would never have filed this lawsuit not knowing in advance how it is going to end for them.

Re: FSU LAWSUIT AGAINST ACC IS HUGE

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Dec 23, 2023, 8:14 PM

No one has ever accused Phillips of being forward looking, but his intractableness on this issue seems destructive.

Contracts that become disadvantageous for one party are enforced all the time, and should be. But at some tipping point, when a contract no longer represents reality, and one party sees it as an existential threat, they'll launch the nuclear option. If the advantaged party doesn't recognize what the new situation is and negotiate a new deal, they deserve what they get.

Rather than recognizing this and brokering a dissolution that gives something to everybody, Phillips is now representing the Wakes against the people paying the bills. He seems blind to where that will lead.

One of FSU's arguments is that the ACC is not operating in good faith. His offer to the three new schools was not about the good of the conference, but to prevent what almost happened over the summer, the 8th team joining the willingness to vote to dissolve. The three new schools was about self preservation, not what is good for all the schools. It is an interesting argument. Enough to win? We'll see.

I agree with you that this might be about applying enough pressure on Phillips to operate in reality rather than la la land. But if not, I respect FSU for going all in. This could get good.

I think Clemson is with FSU, though more sanguine about it all. I do wonder why that is. If FSU had something going with this, Clemson joining them would add weight to the arguments. There is a lot happening behind the scenes we don't know about.

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Re: FSU LAWSUIT AGAINST ACC IS HUGE

FSU LAWSUIT AGAINST ACC IS HUGE