Florida State and Clemson’s lawsuits against the ACC are going nowhere. The ACC, meanwhile, is taking a PR beating. It behooves them all to find a way forward.

Yahoo's Ross Dellenger reports ACC presidents are weighing a plan to settle with Florida State and Clemson and convince the schools to stay in the conference.

Clemson and Florida State have been in frequent communication with the Atlantic Coast Conference recently as they continue to devise a plan that would give them a larger share of

It’s a real question the ACC must consider — especially now, after news broke late Tuesday night that the league and its noisiest two schools, Florida State and Clemson, are discussing a proposal wherein both universities would drop their lawsuits against the conference.

The move is specifically meant to maintain the ACC membership of Clemson and Florida State. Both of those schools have challenged the enforceability of the conference’s grant of rights in court and have been open — either in public (FSU) or in court filings (Clemson) — about their intent to leave for another conference as the ACC lags behind the SEC and Big Ten in per-school revenue distribution.

After suing its own conference six months ago that was considered an initial step to leave, could Clemson drop its lawsuit against the ACC and end up sticking around? As of this week, that option’s on the table.