Florida State might just say we a leaving, and take me to court and see if ACC blinks with a negotiated release or just make it real nasty.

in the bylaws (their legal counsel reviewed and signed off on) but yeah, I live in FL and "crazy" is a gross understatement.

Paying back yearly?

though and that we will hear in the next 2-3 weeks. I doubt they will be able to leave in the next few years no matter what, but we shall see.

seem confident until they are not. The more FSU fans run their mouth about leaving the more it sounds like a preemptive strike for an upcoming season likely to fall short of preseason hype.

FSU must be seeing their stock slipping tied to the ACC. Do they have the alumni base to help stomach the hefty cost of leaving/fighting the GOR in court?

because THEY screwed the pooch with their own bad decisions. They wouldn't be moaning at all if they were winning or their climb out of the hole was not going slower than they would like. FSU's problems have much more to do with their leadership than anything else.

Athletics Dept. revenue despite being underserved by their ACC media deal.

and Texas A&M. Money does not buy brains as those two have proved repeatedly for decades. The ACC served FSU just fine until they could no longer win the conference regularly and those trying to foist FSU's inability to compete on being undeserved by a media deal are just making excuses. It's kind of like the Bama fans who use to make excuses for the wandering in the wilderness. Once they got the right decision maker that whining pretty much disappeared.

having a history of bad decisions. That's looking backward. FSU is looking into the future. They are troubled by what they see, rightly so. I expect them to challenge the GoR. The article mentions that they consulted multiple law firms. Sounds like they kept running into "no" but searched until they found a "maybe." For the record, I don't see how a school beats the GoR. I have gamed it out more than most message board observers. It ends badly. But I think they are going forward with the gamble.

challenge the GOR at some point in the future but, a current challenge would be a bad decision no matter what they see down the road. IMO, that would be a desperation move on their part because they are looking for something to distract from the more pressing current problems in their own house. You say your gaming ends badly. If so, it would be folly for them to gamble current resources on a maybe as opposed to using the resources they have to strengthen their position for a future challenge, that is unless they are not confident they can strengthen their operations. In that case, if they cannot win in the present ACC, it seems foolish to believe they would be much more than middle of the road in either of the only two destinations likely better than their present one. Challenging the GOR as a deflection from their real issues is more than just a risky proposition and that gets back to my original point. Are the things really troubling them external and down the road or internal and present?