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Clemson University filed a 28-page lawsuit against the Atlantic Coast Conference on Tuesday, throwing another wrench in conference realignment talks.

Clemson files lawsuit against ACC over ‘exorbitant’ exit fees, grant of rights

Justin Robertson March 19, 2024
Clemson University now joins Florida State University in taking legal action against the Atlantic Coast Conference, citing costly exit fees and the conference's grant of media rights.
Head coach Dabo Swinney speaks at a press conference prior to Clemson football's first 2024 spring practice on Wednesday, Feb. 28.

‘We have no authority’: Swinney sounds off on college football decision-making

Toby Corriston, Asst. Photo Editor March 1, 2024
Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney has not shied away from sharing his opinion on the state of college football, but he thinks his beliefs are falling on deaf ears.
The Clemson football team has won seven of the last eight ACC Championships, but the Tigers will have more competition when Stanford, Cal and SMU join the conference in 2024.

ACC to add Cal, Stanford and SMU in expansion move

Justin Robertson, Associate Editor September 1, 2023

Big changes are coming to the ACC after the conference's presidents and chancellors voted Friday morning to add Cal, Stanford and SMU to the conference beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, according...

Clemson has been a long-standing feature of the ACC, but questions over realignment have raised concerns for all of the Power Five conferences as the landscape of college football changes.

Recapping conference realignment news, Clemson’s place in the ACC

Anne Marie Lessig, Asst. Sports Editor August 23, 2023

As conference realignment continues to shake up the world of college athletics, the Atlantic Coast Conference and Clemson’s place in it has become increasingly shaky.  In 2016, former ACC Commissioner...

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