Florida State is scheduled to “enter mediation next week” with the ACC over their legal dispute around the enforceability of its grant of rights in an initial step to leave the conference, according to sources. While it is a “significant step in the proceedings," the mediation phase is an “expected one and is not guaranteed to produce a settlement decision.” The neutral mediator "has been chosen," and the two sides, “barring something unforeseen, will convene for the talks next week.” FSU is attempting to "exit the conference without paying both the exit fee and the cost of buying out its media right,” which it agreed years ago to grant to the conference. A settlement, "in all likelihood, would involve a compromise in the multimillion-dollar exit fee" (YAHOO SPORTS, 8/9).
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