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Message: [QUOTE="sutomcat, post: 5144785, member: 27"] This thread is about the ACC vs FSU but let's talk about ACC vs Clemson just a bit. Clemson has already spent over a million dollars pursuing their lawsuit against the ACC. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/08/29/acc-lawsuit-clemson-costs-conference-realignment-florida-state/[/URL] [I]Clemson’s legal bills in its [URL='https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/07/10/florida-state-acc-lawsuit-fsu-conference-realignment/']ongoing, dueling lawsuits with the ACC[/URL] have already topped $1 million. Since March, invoices from the Tigers’ outside attorneys total $1,001,124.53, according to documents obtained by the Tampa Bay Times through a public-records request. That figure includes more than $17,000 in expenses, like filing fees and mileage. The smallest itemized expense included was $15.55 for parking. The invoices cover 1,884.2 hours of work by attorneys and paralegals. That averages to about $522 per hour. Clemson is not using tax money or tuition fees to pay the bills. Instead, the school is using athletics money from ticket sales and TV revenue to pay the rates approved by the state. The rest is from [URL='https://iptaycuad.com/']IPTAY[/URL], the Tigers’ separate athletic fundraising group. That money is coming from private, unrestricted donations not earmarked for anything specific (like scholarships). Though the invoices started in March — [URL='https://www.tampabay.com/sports/2024/03/19/clemson-lawsuit-acc-florida-state-conference-realignment/']the month Clemson and the ACC sued each other [/URL]— work began earlier. Emails previously included in the litigation by the ACC show attorneys for Clemson and the league discussed an agreement not to sue each other in January and February. A Tigers spokesperson said Thursday that any outside representation before March was with IPTAY, not the school. The invoices are from the 2024 calendar year, but they’re split across the 2023-24 and 2024-25 fiscal years. Four agreements filed with the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office authorize up to $975,000 total for expenses in the 2024-25 fiscal year (which began July 1). Those agreements are with the law firms Ropes & Gray, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Willson Jones Carter & Baxley, and Parry Law. ...[/I] If Clemson is in over a million, how much has FSU spent so far? Are they already over $2 million dollars chasing windmills? I think so. [/QUOTE]

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