08/01/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/01/2024 17:02
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.-Attorney General Ashley Moody this afternoon obtained secretive media contracts previously withheld from Florida State University by the Atlantic Coast Conference. The documents are at the center of FSU's fight with the ACC over the school's efforts to determine its rights if it leaves the conference. Through Attorney General Moody's legal action, the ACC has handed over six redacted media rights contracts and documents.
Attorney General Ashley Moody said, "In a victory for transparency, the ACC has made documents available that are at the center of FSU's legal fight with the conference. These previously withheld contracts are vitally important to understanding why the ACC wants to impose large fines on a Florida university if it leaves the conference."
Attorney General Moody recently took legal action against the ACC for wrongfully withholding public records from review. Under secret media rights contracts located somewhere in its North Carolina headquarters, the ACC made claims it would cost FSU more than half a billion dollars to leave, and previously refused to provide the documents for review-requiring representatives from the public university to travel hundreds of miles to physically access the documents with a chaperone, wasting FSU's time and costing thousands of dollars of public monies in unnecessary travel expenses.
Now, in response to Attorney General Moody's action, the ACC has provided the state of Florida with the following documents redacted and produced in accordance with the Florida Public Records Act:
To view copies of the public records, click here.
The ACC redacted exempt or confidential material in the documents provided to Attorney General Moody's office.
The Florida Attorney General's Office continues to review these redactions and media agreements.
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