In a Tuesday Capital Tiger Bay Club monthly meeting , Florida State Board of Trustee Chair Peter Collins weighed in on the ongoing FSU versus ACC litigation.
During the forum at the Tucker Civic Center, Collins spoke about the school’s growing frustrations with the ACC’s revenue-sharing plan and how the now infamous Dec. 3 playoff snub accelerated FSU’s decision to sue the conference.
While the “snub” played its part, Collins said FSU’s complaints with the ACC were discussed far before the college football playoffs selection show.
He cited frustrations with revenue and the Seminoles’ desire to “get paid what it’s worth,” a leading factor in its disgruntled feelings toward the conference.
“This effort didn’t start from the snub. We had been working on this in earnest for a while, you just don’t put a complaint like that together in two weeks,” Collins said.
“We were still working with the ACC on an equal revenue-sharing plan, but only when it became clear that we weren’t going to get where we wanted to be with that effort, and they weren’t interested in continuing to help us get better in that effort. Then something like that [the snub] happens, we just felt the time was right.”