ACC Commissioner Says Further Expansion Is “Not A Conversation” Right Now
By Corey Leahy
Now that the ACC has grown to a whopping 15 teams, there doesn’t seem to be any more discussion of that number growing. At least for the time being. Commissioner John Swofford was at the NASDAQ Stock Exchange to welcome Pittsburgh, Syracuse, and Notre Dame to the Conference. At that same conference, he also said that there was no further expansions planned at this time.
"I would not anticipate it being in the future, but we’ll see. I don’t predict the future much anymore, I’ve learned better. But it’s not something that’s on the table for discussion in our league right now."
While there are no more expansions coming any time soon, there will still be a slight substitution so to speak. Next year, when Maryland leaves for the Big Ten, the Louisville Cardinals will join the ACC in their place.
When asked about how the league’s athletic teams will fare for the race to be the best, Swofford said,
"From an athletic perspective, I think it’s more than fair to say this is the strongest collection of basketball programs that has ever been assembled in one conference. And our potential from a football standpoint is truly unlimited."
ACC Basketball for the next decade or so will be equivalent to the past 10 years of SEC Football—-complete dominance. I don’t think any other school would be able to compete with this new league of schools. We live in a sports world right now, where it is true, SEC football has been the best, and will probably continue to be the best. But Swofford had a point when he said that the ACC will have a lot of potential moving forward.
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