Clemson files suit against the ACC for "exorbitant exit fees"

Clemson files lawsuit against ACC over exit fees

In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in South Carolina, Clemson calls the ACC withdrawal penalty "unconscionable" and "unenforceable."

www.espn.com

Clemson asks in the suit for a declaration that the ACC would not own the rights to Clemson's games "after Clemson ceases to be a member of the ACC." Clemson also wants the ACC exit fee -- three times the ACC operating budget, an estimated $140 million -- ruled as "an unenforceable penalty in violation of public policy." (The total cost of the exit with...

Click to expand...