Court: ACC must provide ESPN agreement to Clemson

A South Carolina court has ordered the ACC to “turn over documents about its agreements with ESPN that Clemson has requested in its lawsuit against the conference.” The interim confidentiality order was released on Friday and said that the ACC has "seven days to produce unredacted documents about its TV deal with ESPN to Clemson.” The order also provides "safeguards to keep the requested documents from being released publicly.” The order bars Clemson from "complying with any Freedom of Information Act requests” unless the ACC “gives written permission or the school is forced to do so by another court with ‘competent jurisdiction’” (AP, 5/3).

The Raleigh NEWS & OBSERVER looks at the wider legal dispute between the conference and some of its schools under the header, “As ACC-Florida State lawsuits drag on, where do things stand in NC, Florida courts?”