ACC, Clemson, State Florida Approval for the end of the legal dispute and the distribution of the intake distribution model

The Atlantic Coast Conference, Clemson and Florida State have approved an agreement that ends their legal battles, change the league's revenue distribution model and revise the long -term costs for a school for the abandoned of the conference.

The trustees of Clemson and FSU both ended in the meetings on Tuesday for the deal. This came shortly after the board of the ACC – consisting of university president and Chancellor – gave her OK, a person who was familiar with the situation, the Associated Press said on the condition of anonymity because the league and the schools had not publicly addressed the settlement at this point.

Above all, the intake distribution model will now include the TV viewer as a way for the top programs of the league in order to achieve more income. It also offers clarity about the final obligation of the league and the granting of the legal rights, which will be carried out by the TV deal of the ACC deal with ESPN by 2036.

In particular, a slide show during a presentation in front of the trustees of Clemson stated that the exit fee for the 2026 financial year would be $ 165 million, but would relegate $ 18 million a year until it decreases around $ 75 million for the 2030 to 31 season. While a grant-of-right agreement contains the league control over the media rights of a school, the deal would end a school after payment of the exit fee with its media rights after this presentation.

The agreement will offer a level of stability for the league in the coming years, although the long-term risk that teams may decide faster changes in the college landscape in recent years of the current media contract.

“Ultimately, this innovative sales model, which further stimulates performance and investment, will help to strengthen the ACC,” said the sports director of Clemson, Graham Neff, the trustees before the vote.

The exit costs were an essential part of the FSU in December 2023, which was submitted to examine a potential membership in other leagues and Clemson's lawsuit in March 2024. Conversely, the ACC had sued both schools.

“I have received hundreds of e -mails, text messages and phone calls from friends and people that I did not know in the past 13 months on this trip, and I am proud of where we landed,” said the FSU loan and former Seminoles Quarterback Drew Weatford during this meeting.

“We received some obligations 14 months ago to make sure that we can do everything in our power to take part in the highest level, and I think we did this here.”

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AP sports clerk in Pittsburgh and Mark Long in Florida are contributed to this report.

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