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One ITEM of interest to ALL ACC members is the request for all communications from every member of the Swofford family regarding the 2010 media contract renewal and Raycom being "inserted" into the agreement. If the FSU case ends up in Leon County and the hints at gross impropriety are investigated you could end up potentially with criminal proceedings against the Swofford's
Been saying this for a while: The dealings between John Swofford and ESPN are a smoking gun — quite possibly the smoking gun.
Swofford ran the ACC like his own enterprise with no checks and balances because the school presidents were too naive and/or disinterested to keep an eye on his business dealings. ESPN kept Raycom — where Swofford's son was (and still is) an executive — involved in the 2010 media deal upon the specific request of John Swofford himself.
And who knows? That deal might only be the tip of the iceberg
ACC could be willing to let FSU leave on the cheap just to keep John Swofford or any of his associates at the time from having to get on the stand and spill the beans.
Problem for Jim Phillips is that Miami and others are looking to hit the exit ramp, too
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