Column: Florida State always seemed out of place in the ACC. Now the Seminoles want out
Florida State always seemed out of place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
A football school in a league long renowned for its basketball prowess.
Now, the Seminoles want out. Divorce is inevitable, but the split figures to be anything but amicable.
The salvos fired Friday, when the Florida State board of trustees voted to begin legal proceedings to escape the ACC without having to pay a staggering departure fee, showed just how nasty this fight is likely to be.
Not surprising, since the stakes are enormous for both sides.
The ACC is vowing to hold Florida State to its end of the bargain over television rights, which
