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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

GoMuskies
03-25-2014, 04:07 PM
I only have one thing to say to ESPN about their role in re-alignment:

THANK YOU!!!!

LA Muskie
03-25-2014, 04:11 PM
I'm sure Maryland is right. Although I'm not entirely sure where they are going with this. Are they saying they left the ACC because they didn't want it to expland, so they went to the Big 10 (now 12...soon to be 14)? OK...

As for the goods... I suspect ESPN will tell them to go pound sand. And even if Maryland can get a judge to buy their argument that this information is relevant to what otherwise appears to be a simple breach of contract case, the discovery almost certainly will be subject to a protective order requiring confidentiality.

Now if they really wanted to get the goods on ESPN, they would serve the public ACC schools with public records requests...

BandAid
03-25-2014, 04:14 PM
I hope ESPN gets dragged through the mud, but it probably ain't gonna happen

Masterofreality
03-25-2014, 04:20 PM
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I only have one thing to say to ESPN about their role in re-alignment:

THANK YOU!!!!

Spoken from a Louisville Cardinal perspective. And, yeah, a Xavier perspective too. :jawdrop:

GoMuskies
03-25-2014, 04:27 PM
Yes, I was 2 for 2 in realignment.

paulxu
03-25-2014, 04:35 PM
Just amps the pressure up for a settlement that will happen and the dust will clear.