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(Tallahassee, Fla) - Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is launching an antitrust investigation into the Florida State snub from the College Football Playoff Championship.
Moody is trying to determine if the NCAA engaged in any anti-competitive conduct by keeping the undefeated Seminoles out of the CFP.
She says her office sent a subpoena demanding all communications related to the voting process from the SEC, ACC, NCAA and ESPN to determine how they decided that the playoff teams would be Michigan, Washington, Texas and Alabama. The Longhorns and Bama both have losses.
“My Office is launching an investigation to examine if the Committee was involved in any anticompetitive conduct. As it stands, the Committee’s decision reeks of partiality, so we are demanding answers — not only for FSU, but for all schools, teams and fans of college football," Moody wrote in a statement. "In Florida, merit matters. If it’s attention they were looking for, the Committee certainly has our attention now.”