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This was an interesting detail from FSU lawyers.

[tweet]http://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1738217971527422017?s=20[/tweet]

Edit I guess tweet linking is totally borked now. Thanks Elon.

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FSU lawyer says that ESPN has a "unilateral" right to exercise a nine-year option to extend its media deal with the ACC from 2027 through 2036. (Which it hasn't yet.) Right now, there is no guaranteed media rights revenue for ACC members past 2027.

Not sure how true it is. And I think ESPN would definitely trigger that extension rather than lose schools to a non ESPN league. But if true it makes our jump over to ACC an even bigger leap of faith than we had initially presumed.

Thanks your post and updated info. 
However, I do not agree that our jump to the ACC was a leap of faith. It was a desperate jump to our only remaining option with any real hope to stay relevant in many top national sports. It is to the amazing scrambling capability and credit of Condi Rice and others, that gave us even this last remaining option. Otherwise we'd be in the same boat as OSU/WSU, which, setting aside the thoughts about the future of football, can it even be fathomed the decimation that would have caused to numerous of our top teams of soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball (women's at least, men's remains on a hopeless treadmill regardless), baseball, softball, etc? And as regards to football itself, I would not have been surprised if a lack of joining a Power 5 (now 4) conference would have led to the decommit of more recruits, lack of return of any seniors, more transfer portal departures of key players, and the departure of Coach TT and other of his staff right after this past season ended.

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This was an interesting detail from FSU lawyers.

[tweet]http://twitter.com/NicoleAuerbach/status/1738217971527422017?s=20[/tweet]

Edit I guess tweet linking is totally borked now. Thanks Elon.

Here is text copied-

FSU lawyer says that ESPN has a "unilateral" right to exercise a nine-year option to extend its media deal with the ACC from 2027 through 2036. (Which it hasn't yet.) Right now, there is no guaranteed media rights revenue for ACC members past 2027.

Not sure how true it is. And I think ESPN would definitely trigger that extension rather than lose schools to a non ESPN league. But if true it makes our jump over to ACC an even bigger leap of faith than we had initially presumed.

Thanks your post and updated info. 
However, I do not agree that our jump to the ACC was a leap of faith. It was a desperate jump to our only remaining option with any real hope to stay relevant in many top national sports. It is to the amazing scrambling capability and credit of Condi Rice and others, that gave us even this last remaining option. Otherwise we'd be in the same boat as OSU/WSU, which, setting aside the thoughts about the future of football, can it even be fathomed the decimation that would have caused to numerous of our top teams of soccer, volleyball, swimming, basketball (women's at least, men's remains on a hopeless treadmill regardless), baseball, softball, etc? And as regards to football itself, I would not have been surprised if a lack of joining a Power 5 (now 4) conference would have led to the decommit of more recruits, lack of return of any seniors, more transfer portal departures of key players, and the departure of Coach TT and other of his staff right after this past season ended.