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[QUOTE="AcAndAc, post: 5367898, member: 10310"]
Again, I am just passing it along as what someone else posted as an abstract/extraction/summary from Clemson's briefing.  It was apparently stronger than FSU's... but FSU later adopted it.  If we want to go find Clemson's briefs online, it would prove or disprove it.  Plus, a lot of the documents were redacted.

Regardless... it was not an "exception," it is the a weakness in the specific language used in the agreement itself.  What seemed like strong language actually fell a bit short... enough to make the ACC nervous. It would be like if I said that "I promise to pay you everything you need to pay your electricity bill."  You decide you want it to be more specific and say... please change it to say more specifically that "I promise to pay you everything you need to pay your electricity bill from ELECTRIC COMPANY."  Seems smart.  But then ELECTRIC COMPANY gets sold to some other company, WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC.  Do I still have to pay?  You no longer have a bill from ELECTRIC COMPANY.  Sometimes it is better to be vague than specific... and no contract can ever be written perfectly.

Regardless, Clemson and FSU would just have left in 2036.  The deal just signed at least puts Clemson/FSU in the position of being able to sell to their fans that "we now have enough money to compete."  Just because you can enforce a G of R, does not mean that it makes good business or political sense to do so.  And if the B1G/SEC is not ready to move at that point, then FSU fans will not be blaming it on the G of R.  We will see if this is enough to provide lasting peace... It is better for Syracuse to be part of this newly arranged ACC than any other option that is on the table.  Worse than a few days ago, to be sure.
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