Although Florida State’s ongoing legal dispute with the ACC has received a lot of attention as it prepares to leave the conference, Clemson has also made news by intensifying its case.

The ACC has been cautiously peering over its shoulder over the past couple of years as league realignment has proceeded to change the college football landscape. Even though the conference is a part of the Power 5, it is indisputable that it has teams of the same caliber as those in the SEC and Big Ten, something that its most well-liked (and financially secure) schools are likewise becoming more and more conscious of.

Before it was eliminated from the most recent College Football Playoff, there were a lot of rumors indicating Florida State were considering its options. This perceived slight certainly contributed to its decision to sue the ACC to get out of the Grant of Rights, which governs the television contracts that don’t expire until 2036.

Despite its recent struggles to regain its status as a perennial national championship contender, Clemson, one of the ACC’s biggest programs, decided to get in on the action in March and decided to sue the conference in a South Carolina court in an attempt to get a judge to rule that the Grant of Rights is unenforceable.

Since the lawsuit was filed, there haven’t been any significant changes in the case; however, this changed significantly on Thursday due to the discovery of an updated complaint.

The university is now requesting “punitive damages to Clemson for the ACC’s willful and malicious conduct,” according to the filing, which is related to the conference’s claim that it would still be entitled to television revenue generated by games the Tigers play in even if they moved to another conference. This information was reported by The Tampa Bay Times.

It is now requesting an undisclosed sum in damages, alleging that the ACC’s claim on that front served to “deter its exit from the Conference by, among other means, seeking to diminish the value of Clemson’s intangible property.” If that were the case, other conferences would obviously have little incentive to welcome Clemson into the fold.

Even while there is probably still a long way to go before this case and FSU’s are resolved, it appears highly likely that things will only grow messier as they go on.