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Florida State vs ACC: Clemson is joining FSU in its push to leave the conference

A Clemson football lies on the field before an NCAA college football game between Clemson and Syracuse on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)
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A Clemson football lies on the field before an NCAA college football game between Clemson and Syracuse on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, in Clemson, S.C. (AP Photo/Jacob Kupferman)

The Tigers broke the news with a 28-page complaint.

Clemson University is joining Florida State University in its legal battle to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The school broke the news Tuesday afternoon when it filed a 28-page complaint against the league in Pickens County, South Carolina.

FSU and Clemson have both inked media rights deals with the ACC for the next 12 years, but according to the lawsuit, both schools feel as if the league owes them more money for their televised games on ESPN.

Other programs have cashed in on lucrative media deals, especially schools in the Southeastern and Big 10 conference. FSU has attempted to leave the conference, argues the cost of the departure—estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars—is unreasonable and unworkable.

Meanwhile, Clemson's legal filing comes the same week a judge in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina is scheduled to take up FSU’s motion to dismiss the ACC’s filed lawsuit to try to keep the school from leaving the conference.

Adrian Andrews is a multimedia journalist with WFSU Public Media. He is a Gadsden County native and a first-generation college graduate from Florida A&M University. Adrian is also a military veteran, ending his career as a Florida Army National Guard Non-Comissioned Officer.

Adrian has experience in print writing, digital content creation, documentary, and film production. He has spent the last four years on the staff of several award-winning publications such as The Famuan, Gadsden County News Corp, and Cumulus Media before joining the WFSU news team.