FSU vs ACC: Legal Expert Drops BIG UPDATES on Realignment Settlement Rumors | Clemson

Rumors swirling that FSU and Clemson could be close to settling with the ACC for unequal revenue. Is that good for the Seminoles? We chat with Doug Rohan of Rohan Law here.

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[tyhow]

The threshold for "Breaking News" has become so low.

[Twotimevet]

Oh look a win for FSU this year? Praise God

[heartbreak]

FSU is taking so many Ls this year. All of this just to stay in the ACC through 2030?

[Donovan_Williams]

Objectives were:
1. F the ACC
2. Get into a Power 2 conference
3. Make as much or more money from TV as do the schools like UF do with whom we compete.

This does not accomplish objective 1 or 2 and remains to be seen on objective 3 but it looks doubtful.

Whats the point of minimizing the exit fee if you don't leave and make it possible for ESPN to extend and pretend.

[ericlofroos]

This year’s nightmare just keeps getting worse and worse.

[davidbrown]

A couple of points.
1: FSU will have extra time to get their academics up to where the Big 10 can take them without a partner like Miami or a Georgia Tech.
1a: FSU has more time to secure AAU membership.
2: A GOR ending in 2030 puts FSU closer to the expiration date of the Big 10/Fox contract, so if they join it will be closer to being a full share member.

[brando]

It's a really tough decision. The money saved would be huge but being in the acc kills for recruiting. Not like we recruit well anyways but still.

[hugh]

I'd hire Doug in a heart beat! Very knowledgeable!

[derklavierspieler]

FSU has a bigger fan base than last year with everybody watching so they can laugh at them.

[seminoldschool]

Honestly I just want FSU to have the money to compete at the highest level & I really don’t count where or how we get it.

An elatedly funded FSU program makes for an ELITE CFB Power

[thastinger]

FSU now realizing it's gonna need to use all of that ACC exit money just to fire Norvell's scrub ass.

[peterbrook]

I hope we get a good result to stay in the ACC, I think it is an awesome conference, not only for sports in general but the academic standards of the members is exceptional.

[andrewpolunsky]

You are also forgetting that there is a “Winning initiative” where the top 2 teams/conference champions get a bonus. So if FSU or Clemson can actually win games, they can exceed SEC and Big 10 payouts. It’s a win for both sides.

[richfitz]

The irony behind this is that FSU used “field performance” as a reason to get more money…we don’t quite have the same positioning power now

[DarioT]

Last two ACC champions FSU and Clemson loss to Georgia by a combined score of 97-6. Stay in the ACC. Getting beat by Vanderbilt and Kentucky is not a good look.

[kingspleen]

I don’t recommend accepting the agreement. 1) FSU has stated this conference has misled them, so why continue business with that kind of partner. 2) This conference hasn’t enthusiastically or willfully promoted its brands, thus costing millions for the members over the decades. 3) It knee caps the legal argument FSU has made. Also the ACC constitution is set up in such away that FSU would always be at the mercy of many private schools. 4) The current media partner has no incentive to properly and publicly promote the brand due to the fact that too many schools are not a financial value add for that partner to do that for this conference.5) Lastly, when the new TV contracts for the SEC and B10 arrive, will the ACC ever be able to keep pace? I think not.

[thQuarterBible]

Biggest threat to this for FSU and Clemson is Miami being and staying good. Miami will become the most watched team in the ACC.

[richierich]

Right now, would another conference actually want FSU.

[FloridaMan-emgk]

If Norvell can’t fix his mess we need to bite the bullet and get him out and put someone in who can recruit high school players.

[Checkyourselfatthedoor]

If we wait until 2028 it won’t matter because it will just be Big 10 and SEC in regards football