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One need not wait for an inquiry or legal action to determine Florida State’s feelings regarding ESPN.
The Seminoles and their supporters mainly blamed the Worldwide Leader for last year’s College Football Playoff snub, which saw two one-loss conference winners, Texas and Alabama, get in ahead of them. Their attempts to get out of the Grant Rights Agreement with the ACC and ESPN appear to have been bolstered by this.
With its accusations against ESPN, Florida State has escalated the situation. It now claims that prior to the official announcement, ESPN, which owns the broadcast rights for both the ACC and the College Football Playoff, might have known the Seminoles would be eliminated.
Michael Alford, the athletic director at FSU, asserted as much during a Tuesday SiriusXM interview with Dusty Dvoracek and Danny Kanell.
Walking to the bus outside the locker room with some players, I kind of knew—when it hit me—that they were talking to each other like, ‘We’re not going. What are you talking about?’ Through the New York Post, Alford stated.
And our former player is telling us to ‘follow the money.’” We will not be entering. [The SEC championship game between Alabama and Georgia] was won. We won’t be leaving.
