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<blockquote data-quote="RonJohn" data-source="post: 997948" data-attributes="member: 2426"><p>I have no extreme dislike of FSU. I am not sure what is clouding your interpretation of things. Lawyers frequently describe things with a heavy slant towards their client. I don't know that the lawyers involved in the lawsuit have actually seen the ESPN contract. They might be relying simply on what someone from FSU told them. They didn't provide any actual evidence of that so that people can determine for themselves if FSU's characterization is accurate or not. FSU also states that the "exit fee" is $572 million, which is not factual. They were able to combine some things that are not actual "exit fee" and make the claim that the "exit fee" is that number. It is not a "lie", it is a mischaracterization. They can make that claim, which they have. It just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. It is entirely possible that the same is true about the "ESPN option". It might impact the ESPN contract in some way, but not totally wipe it out. You can make such a claim and argue the point, even if it turns out to not be true. If both sides in every lawsuit agree to the facts, the characterizations, and the law, there would never be a lawsuit.</p><p></p><p>We know that FSU made an assertion, and that they disclosed confidential information. We do not know that their characterization of that information is accurate. I don't think that either ESPN nor the ACC will give out their interpretation of the contract, because it is confidential. I think FSU knows that the actual details won't be made public, so their interpretation will be all that is in the public. FSU is simply trying to make things as difficult as possible for the ACC and for ESPN. Which goes back to my statements earlier about where they want to get to. Will ESPN be happy to pay them more money to be in the SEC, when they know that FSU throws fits and discloses confidential information when they are unhappy? Will the Big10 media partners have zero concerns about entering into confidential contracts that FSU has access to disclose as soon as they are unhappy about something? I think [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER] is probably correct in his assessment that FSU believed that that ACC would just roll over, and now they are stuck in a hard place.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RonJohn, post: 997948, member: 2426"] I have no extreme dislike of FSU. I am not sure what is clouding your interpretation of things. Lawyers frequently describe things with a heavy slant towards their client. I don't know that the lawyers involved in the lawsuit have actually seen the ESPN contract. They might be relying simply on what someone from FSU told them. They didn't provide any actual evidence of that so that people can determine for themselves if FSU's characterization is accurate or not. FSU also states that the "exit fee" is $572 million, which is not factual. They were able to combine some things that are not actual "exit fee" and make the claim that the "exit fee" is that number. It is not a "lie", it is a mischaracterization. They can make that claim, which they have. It just doesn't hold up to scrutiny. It is entirely possible that the same is true about the "ESPN option". It might impact the ESPN contract in some way, but not totally wipe it out. You can make such a claim and argue the point, even if it turns out to not be true. If both sides in every lawsuit agree to the facts, the characterizations, and the law, there would never be a lawsuit. We know that FSU made an assertion, and that they disclosed confidential information. We do not know that their characterization of that information is accurate. I don't think that either ESPN nor the ACC will give out their interpretation of the contract, because it is confidential. I think FSU knows that the actual details won't be made public, so their interpretation will be all that is in the public. FSU is simply trying to make things as difficult as possible for the ACC and for ESPN. Which goes back to my statements earlier about where they want to get to. Will ESPN be happy to pay them more money to be in the SEC, when they know that FSU throws fits and discloses confidential information when they are unhappy? Will the Big10 media partners have zero concerns about entering into confidential contracts that FSU has access to disclose as soon as they are unhappy about something? I think [USER=1191]@Augusta_Jacket[/USER] is probably correct in his assessment that FSU believed that that ACC would just roll over, and now they are stuck in a hard place. [/QUOTE]
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