Masterofreality
03-25-2014, 04:04 PM
Ok, this is REALLY good.
Clay Travis on "Outkick the Coverage" has an article regarding the suit. Here is the first few paragraphs:
"The University of Maryland officially joins the Big Ten at the end of June, but the Terrapins stormy divorce from the ACC has the potential to be really entertaining for those of us who paid scads of attention to realignment and felt as if only part of the story trickled out. It's no coincidence that potential lawsuits involving Big 12 and Big East schools all died on the vine and ended in quiet out-of-court exit fee settlements. When it comes to realignment there are very few clean hands.*
The result?
Everyone settles.*
Only one lawsuit is currently pending.*
But, man oh man, is it a doozy.**
On Friday came news that Maryland had sent detailed subpoenas to ten ACC schools, seeking information about their role in realignment. But that wasn't all, Maryland also subpoenaed ESPN, alleging, once more, that ESPN drove the ACC's realignment decisions. You probably haven't heard much about this lawsuit because ESPN doesn't write much about ESPN being involved in a lawsuit.
But back in January, when Maryland filed a $156.8 million counterclaim against the ACC, the school alleged the ACC's desire to expand was driven "in large part on counsel and direction that the conference received from ESPN." ESPN denied the allegation then, but now Maryland has stepped up the accusation and demanded documents consisting of "all communication with ESPN relating to the ACC’s broadcast rights, strategy meetings involving the integration of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame into the league, and contact with any Big Ten members about joining the ACC."
Oh, this could get really good.
A messy college divorce and a trial about that messy college divorce would be gold."
So, the Four Letter network could be in some real messy crap here. Hmmmmmmm.
The full article is here:
http://m.outkickthecoverage.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/the-acc-and-marylands-lawsuit-is-getting-nasty.php
Clay Travis on "Outkick the Coverage" has an article regarding the suit. Here is the first few paragraphs:
"The University of Maryland officially joins the Big Ten at the end of June, but the Terrapins stormy divorce from the ACC has the potential to be really entertaining for those of us who paid scads of attention to realignment and felt as if only part of the story trickled out. It's no coincidence that potential lawsuits involving Big 12 and Big East schools all died on the vine and ended in quiet out-of-court exit fee settlements. When it comes to realignment there are very few clean hands.*
The result?
Everyone settles.*
Only one lawsuit is currently pending.*
But, man oh man, is it a doozy.**
On Friday came news that Maryland had sent detailed subpoenas to ten ACC schools, seeking information about their role in realignment. But that wasn't all, Maryland also subpoenaed ESPN, alleging, once more, that ESPN drove the ACC's realignment decisions. You probably haven't heard much about this lawsuit because ESPN doesn't write much about ESPN being involved in a lawsuit.
But back in January, when Maryland filed a $156.8 million counterclaim against the ACC, the school alleged the ACC's desire to expand was driven "in large part on counsel and direction that the conference received from ESPN." ESPN denied the allegation then, but now Maryland has stepped up the accusation and demanded documents consisting of "all communication with ESPN relating to the ACC’s broadcast rights, strategy meetings involving the integration of Syracuse, Pittsburgh and Notre Dame into the league, and contact with any Big Ten members about joining the ACC."
Oh, this could get really good.
A messy college divorce and a trial about that messy college divorce would be gold."
So, the Four Letter network could be in some real messy crap here. Hmmmmmmm.
The full article is here:
http://m.outkickthecoverage.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/the-acc-and-marylands-lawsuit-is-getting-nasty.php