Florida attorney general files lawsuit against ACC over request for ESPN contract

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Florida attorney general files lawsuit against ACC over request for ESPN contract
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If the lawsuit is successful, other television deals involving public universities in Florida could also become public records.

Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody on Thursday against the Atlantic Coast Conference demanding the conference produce the ESPN-ACC television contract as part of a public records request. If successful, the lawsuit could indirectly make public the broadcast agreements other conferences have made with major networks as well.

19, the ACC cited trade secrets and argued that the contract was between the ACC and ESPN and not a public entity like FSU, which is only a member of the conference. The conference on Thursday declined comment on the new lawsuit. “These agreements contain commercially sensitive and proprietary information which, if publicly disclosed, would irreparably harm the Conference’s and ESPN’s ability to negotiate future rights agreements,” ACC general counsel Pearlynn Houck wrote in January.

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