ACC sues Clemson in North Carolina, day after school filed lawsuit in South Carolina against league

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WWAY) — A day after Clemson sued the Atlantic Coast Conference, the ACC filed a lawsuit against the school in a North Carolina court, saying the school is breaking its agreements with the league by challenging its exit fees and contract that binds members through their media rights.

The ACC’s claim was filed Wednesday in Mecklenburg County, the same court where it preemptively sued Florida State in December, the day before FSU became the first school to try to sue its way out of the conference.

The ACC’s latest suit begins with a quote from Clemson’s president from a 2016 ESPN article about the conference’s extended media rights deal with the network and the amended grant of rights that is now being attacked by the schools.

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