Clemson and the Atlantic Coast Conference will be back in court Friday as social media rumors continue to swirl.
At stake? Clemson wants to leave the ACC and seek a greener – or at least more profitable – home in another conference.
Let’s catch up on the legal proceedings first. Last week, the ACC and Clemson appeared in Mecklenburg County Court as the university seeks to dismiss (or stay - stay is an action taken by a court to stop a legal proceeding or the actions of a party) the suit in North Carolina courts.
The Friday hearing is the same thing but on the opposite side of the coin – Clemson was the first of the parties to take legal action when it sued the ACC in Pickens County back in March, challenging the conference’s “grant of rights” and large exit fee required of any school hoping to leave the ACC for another conference.