For those of you asking about FSU v ACC update...

Mar 11, 2024, 4:09 PM

...I just finished reading a long thread on a Nole message board. The discussion was initiated by an attorney. However, this attorney is not trying to explain why FSU is right and the ACC is wrong and it's a slam dunk win for the Noles. He is more just giving a general explanation of how this type of case normally tracks through the courts. It was hard to tell about the responses. Most were from fans looking through garnet colored glasses. Some were folks who seem to understand this is a complex case far beyond a layman's ability to understand by just reading social media. I think a couple of responders might be attorneys as well, but I can't confirm that.

Anyway, here is the information.

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FSU served discovery on the ACC in the Florida lawsuit on Feb. 9. All that is posted on the clerk site is the notice that discovery was sent. The document says FSU served Interrogatories (written questions), requests for production (request for documents and things), and request for admissions (formal request to admit discrete facts, designed to limit fights over facts not really in dispute). The actual discovery requests were NOT filed.
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Lots of speculation about what this means. It appears to be the normal "next step" in the process. Some are surprised why the media didn't pick it up as newsworthy.

Some think this shows that the process is going to take months/years before a solution. Some are thinking this means FSU is taking the fight to the ACC and not just sitting around waiting on a judge to tell them what to do next. Some think it means that FSU is pushing the ACC and forcing them to negotiate quickly and come to an out of court settlement.

Me? I have no idea. My impression from the attorney who posted the information and worked diligently to answer several questions in the thread, is that FSU is prepared to take the long legal road through the courts, if necessary.

I'm still guessing that some sort of settlement between ESPN, Fox, CFP, SEC, B1G, and conference expansion will make this lawsuit irrelevant by August. FSU and Clemson will play their last regular season ACC conference game in November of 2024. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.