Florida's Attorney General, Ashley Moody, has initiated an antitrust investigation into the College Football Playoff (CFP) committee's decision-making process following Florida State University's exclusion from the playoffs. The investigation seeks documents related to votes, communication with ESPN, SEC, ACC, and NCAA, as well as information on the 'availability of key players' discussion. Moody is requesting a 'long list of documents and information,' including all communications with the ACC, SEC, and ESPN, stating, 'I know injustice when I see it.' The CFP committee's executive director, Bill Hancock, has expressed surprise at the investigation, calling it an 'overly aggressive reaction to a college football ranking.'
I’m not an antitrust law expert. So I called up a few this week to figure out why the Attorney General is investigating the College Football Playoff after the #FSU snub and what it means. I tried to break it down, in normal person English⬇️ https://t.co/31DrcXb2zh
Kind of imagining what the Florida AG is expecting to find in their investigation into the CFP's selection decision... https://t.co/zPARczjL9s
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Noles News: Florida Attorney General launching investigation into College Football Playoff selection committee https://t.co/SFTmAC4LEt
Florida AG announces an antitrust probe against the College Football Playoff selection committee, seeking answers as to why the undefeated Florida State Seminoles were kept out of the four-team competition earlier this month. https://t.co/IgrzkQ0XeA
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody's office is launching an antitrust investigation into the CFP selection committee. Moody is requesting “a long list of documents and information” including all communications with the ACC, SEC, and ESPN. "I know injustice when I see it." https://t.co/tMeolD9QmV
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody's office is launching an antitrust investigation into the CFP selection committee. Moody is requesting “a long list of documents and information” including all communications with the ACC, SEC, and ESPN. "I know injustice when I see it." https://t.co/HtZwRVMm94
Florida attorney general launches antitrust investigation into College Football Playoff committee’s exclusion of Florida State. The AG is seeking communications from the CFP, in this interesting attempt to appease Florida voters. Read: https://t.co/2o4bepkDgi https://t.co/LIEVSvezir
Florida attorney general launches antitrust investigation into College Football Playoff committee’s exclusion of Florida State. The AG is seeking communications from the CFP, in this interesting attempt to please Florida voters. Read: https://t.co/2o4bepkDgi https://t.co/2iRSENTyKE
Florida Attorney General Launches Investigation Into College Football Playoff After Florida State Left Out https://t.co/rDQ5xbryZ3 https://t.co/3eZzO6t1el
Florida's Attorney General is the latest politician looking for answers from the @CFBPlayoff selection committee on its snub of #FSU. https://t.co/cHeDTVNnLD https://t.co/lnu4iDp7Sd
In short: Florida's Attorney General opened an antitrust investigation into the playoff and sent what's essentially a civil subpoena for docs related to votes, communication with ESPN/SEC/ACC/NCAA and info on the "availability of key players" discussion🔗 https://t.co/nWvar0HWuM
“We will carefully review this demand for information, but it sure seems to be an overly aggressive reaction to a college football ranking in which some fans somewhere were bound to be disappointed.” - CFP's Bill Hancock on FL AG investigation on FSU⬇️ https://t.co/nWvar0HWuM
FL AG Ashley Moody announces she is launching an anti-trust investigation of the College Football Playoff Committee since FSU didn’t make the playoffs. (Also known as Ron Desantis’s latest frivolous use of taxpayer dollars to pander to primary voters). https://t.co/K1CO4RJZOH
Florida AG launches investigation into 'anticompetitive conduct' from College Football Playoff after FSU's snub https://t.co/Tx1TktkDjw
NEWS: Florida's Attorney General has launched an investigation into #FSU's College Football Playoff snub. Quick story⬇️ https://t.co/nWvar0Iukk
Florida AG launches antitrust investigation after FSU football snub https://t.co/nbIoW211jw
You've heard the theories/conspiracy theories about why #FSU was left out of the playoff in favor of Alabama. I asked a longtime sports media/marketing professional about the root of the claim (ESPN will make more $ with Bama). Here's what he said⬇️ https://t.co/Poy4YdBTrr
The CFP selection committee had it easy for almost 10 years. It never will again. In the 12-team era, they won’t have to leave out a 13-0 FSU, but they’ll have to answer for a lot more decisions for the first time: https://t.co/z1Z9hGV0DV https://t.co/z1Z9hGV0DV