Clemson Broadcast Update II |
CLEMSON - A resolution to the current broadcast contract squabble between
Clemson University and Collegiate Sports Partners, Ltd., could come by the end of the week, according to a CSP spokesman. Herb Vincent said Wednesday that his company hoped a solution would be forthcoming "in the next couple of days. However, we've agreed with Clemson that no information will be released until it's done, and we've agreed the next word will come from Clemson." Vincent confirmed that CSP CEO Kirk Wood met with Clemson officials both Monday and Tuesday, and said the sides continue to talk. But Vincent disputed information the Daily Journal/Messenger published Wednesday, in which an unidentified source said Wood offered the university $400,000 to settle the contract. "That figure is incorrect," Wood said. "I can't say anything else right now." CSP, which won the broadcast rights to Clemson athletics with a five-year, $7.5 million proposal last year, defaulted on a $750,000 payment due June 30. The grace period for the payment expired at 5 p.m. Monday. CORRECTION According to Vincent, a column published in the DJ/M earlier this week which said Wood was the son-in-law of former Clemson coach Hootie Ingram was in error. "There's no blood relation there," said Vincent. "If there is any relation it's so far removed there's no name for it. I mean, there's no such thing as a grand nephew-in-law, if you know what I mean." Related Articles Dan Scott is the host of SportsTalk (10AM-Noon) on 104.9 FM in Upstate SC and Managing Editor of Seneca Daily Journal/Clemson Daily Messenger
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