What are the STRONGEST Arguments in ALL the Motions and Claims? POWER RANKING the FSU & ACC Lawsuits 

Yesterday The ACC did say there was a vote in the amended filing. Of course you have to ask if there was a vote before the original filing?

FSU & DeSantis vs ACC & ESPN/Disney............"GO NOLES"

FSU and the ACC will settle and FSU will move on. The really interesting part will be in the offers from Fox to FSU and from espn to FSU. Fox wants their media presence in that region and the sec/espn wants to keep Fox/B1G out.

Jurisdiction? I would presume that the judge in North Carolina is aware of the doctrine of sovereign immunity and that no entity of the State of Florida can be sued in another state. Also, by filing first, that makes FSU the defendant. What does the law say about that……. “You can file in the court nearest to where the person you’re suing lives or where the business is located. If your case involves a contract, you can file at the court nearest to where the contract was signed by the defendant”. FSU is the defendant and they signed the contract in Florida.

The latest filing by the ACC alleged that a vote was taken to authorize the "amended complaint" I think. I don't know if that serves to remedy a flaw of the original complaint or if that's what they mean, but a court can allow such amendment but if it's deemed valid would the amended complaint date become the litigation date abandoning the original filing date? Might be a point of dispute brought up by FSU

I am curious to know if a statement that perhaps a felony was committed, but that is for another day would be considered tampering. You better be darn sure a crime was actually committed before casually threatening it in a legal document. The Florida AG clearly doesn’t feel a crime has been committed as she has jumped on this wagon requesting this exact document for public consumption. Was this a threat made to influence the course of a lawsuit? Are they trying to scare FSU into backing off on their litigation? How does a judge appreciate this action?

Slowly, but surely I see you growing. Like many others, obviously, I like the way y’all break complicated situations down like what happened in the Pac 12 and what is going on with Florida State. Please keep keeping it real, and don’t change a thing. You guys DO have a voice on this platform.

I am a lawyer. For two guys who do not claim to have legal training, you guys did a great job. I have some more commentary re jurisdiction. I agree that a sovereign entity cannot waive jurisdiction, without very explicit language doing so. It is entirely possible that FSU simply could never have waived their sovereign status. The AG of Florida will certainly make that argument. There is also the issue of contra proferentem, which means that if there is confusion in a document it is construed against the drafting party. Perhaps the contract in question have language waiving that issue. We do not know. Perhaps the bigger question is why the agreements did not a jurisdiction clause. It is certainly standard language in a multi-state agreement. My theory is that the ACC knew that the bunches of state universities could not agree to waive sovereign jurisdiction. A question to me is whether some of the FSU issues do not apply to other schools, so that this does not open the door for a mass exodus. For example U of Miami is a private school and does not have sovereign immunity. UNC is obviously is the same state as the ACC and North Carolina law applies. Does that change things for UNC? Is there a difference between South Carolina law and Florida law? Will the AG of South Carolina intervene? I also agree with your duds. The FSU argument about the president signing is silly, as is the ACC fiduciary responsibility argument.

Good Stuff guys!!

FSU & Miami go to the Big 10. Big 10 then owns the Florida markets & Florida recruiting. SEC immediately becomes drastically weaker.

The problem with the argument that the ACC was self dealing / Swofford / Raycom etc. is that all we see in the FSU filings are innuendo, speculation and speculation. They offer no first person accounts or documentation such as memos, emails, reports etc. to substantiate any of it. At this point it just doesn't hold up. As for the ACC including the possibility that FSU could buy back their rights that was included not as some sort of coded signal, but simply to dispute the claim that FSU was unfairly / illegally locked into the GOR with no way out. Of course there is a way out, buy your way out. The contention that the GOR is ironclad is correct. A party (FSU) can't walk away. It has to pay to regain the IP that they previously signed away. Regarding the 2/3 vote and the extension of the deadline that is easily addressed. It is much ado about nothing. The ACC is a voluntarily joined organization and thus has the right to interpret it's constitution / by laws as they see fit. It they say they didn't need a formal board vote then an outside party can't say they do. Also note that the amended lawsuit that the ACC filed included a meeting / vote by the members, thus is is covered there as well. The purpose of amending is to clarify, tie up lose ends, and improve / add to the original filing. As to fiduciary responsibility the ACC is obligated to protect the members as a whole not FSU individually. Wake Forest and Georgia Tech are just as valuable and are required to be protected just as much as FSU's. If one schools' best interests are in conflict with the group as a whole then the interests of the group as a whole are to be protected, not the one school. Double check your Statute of Limitation statement. It is my understanding that Fla also has a SOL though I believe it is 5 rather than the 3 in NC. So doing our basic math the 2013 grant of rights contract SOL would expire in NC in 2016 and in Fla 2018. The 2016 grant of rights contract SOL would expire in NC in 2019 and in Fla 2021. FSU filed their lawsuit in 2023! Always great content guys. I hope you will address some of my points and keep the quality content coming.

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Interesting discussion. Keep up the great work!