1) FSU having no copy of the ESPN contract in hand and 2) having never seen the contract, ever The current issue isn't whether they can review the contract; it's whether they can have it and release it. They can go to where it is housed and read, read, read. That isn't what FSU wants; theirs is not a battle on the merits; it is a PR war to generate public support to pay whatever it is they'll need to pay. Also recall that at the time the contract was signed, the ACC already had been under contract with ESPN; including one with look-ins. All of the ADs at the time were familiar with how it worked. This is not an exceptional circumstance; none of the conference TV contracts are public...not the SEC; not the B1G; not the Big12. Anyone who leaks one will go broke paying damages. We know what Yormark said about the Big 12 deal, but we've never seen it. The ACC told the judge today they are working on the redactions to the contract necessary for the parties to have enough to use in potential negotiation without violating their contractual agreement with ESPN regarding release. We'll see if they are successful. FWIW, I'd love to see the contract. I even Sunshined FSU for it a few years ago. So I knew they didn't have it (and I posted that here) and their counsel knew they didn't have it, long before they entered into the current soap opera.