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TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA (ESPN) – Florida State has called a special board of trustees meeting for Friday morning.
While no official reason was given for the meeting, sources indicated to ESPN that the board is expected to discuss its long-term athletics future.
The meeting, announced Thursday, comes nearly three weeks after the Seminoles became the first undefeated Power 5 champion left out of the College Football Playoff, a decision that angered university officials, its board and athletic department after a year spent voicing their unhappiness with the ACC for a host of reasons — including a widening revenue gap with other conferences, revenue distribution and its place in the collegiate landscape.
The board must vote on any action the school decides to take, including a possible challenge to the grant of rights.
Any ACC school that wants to leave the conference would have to challenge the grant of rights. Florida State and all other ACC members signed a grant of rights with the league that runs through 2036, the length of its television contract with ESPN, that gives the league control over its media rights — including television revenue and home game broadcasts in all sports.
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