No resolution yet on ACC-FSU lawsuit jurisdiction

Attorneys for the ACC and Florida State on Friday in a Mecklenburg County (N.C.) courtroom argued about "jurisdiction over dueling lawsuits from last December and whether documents pertaining to broadcasting rights between the ACC and ESPN should be unsealed.” No resolution was reached, but Judge Louis A. Bledsoe III indicated that he “would take arguments into advisement and have a written ruling on where the case should be held and whether to unseal documents before April 9” -- the date FSU’s lawsuit against the conference is scheduled to be heard in Florida. The ACC "wants the case to be heard in Charlotte" and “doesn’t want the broadcasting contract with ESPN made public.” FSU "wants to move the venue to Florida and prefers the documents to be unsealed for transparency.” Attorneys for ESPN also weighed in Friday, urging the court to “keep the broadcasting rights contract sealed because making them public would be financially detrimental to the sports programming network” (AP, 3/22).