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ACC relocating neutral-site championship games from North Carolina

By Jack Crosby

Jul 21, 2016; Charlotte, NC, USA; ACC commissioner John Swofford speaks with the media during the ACC Football Kickoff at Westin Charlotte. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports
Jul 21, 2016; Charlotte, NC, USA; ACC commissioner John Swofford speaks with the media during the ACC Football Kickoff at Westin Charlotte. Mandatory Credit: Jeremy Brevard-USA TODAY Sports /
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The ACC has taken their stand against the HB2 bill, and it involves pulling all neutral-site games from the state

For years now, we’ve all associated the ACC with the state of North Carolina, but that relationship has soured now because of the controversial House Bill 2. The passed law is one of the more discriminatory ones in the country and has caused a lot of controversy. Now, it’s making the ACC pull a move that we never thought might happen.

The conference announced on Wednesday that it will indeed be pulling all of the neutral-site championship games that take place within the state. And with the relationship the conference has with the state, as you’ll see, that list is quite big and lucrative.


Of course, the one that everyone will be focusing on is the football title game now needing to find a new home. The last several years the ACC Football Championship Game has taken place in Charlotte and it has been quite a success there. However, it won’t have the chance to following this current season because it won’t be there because of HB2.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford issued the following statement about the move by his conference.

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“The ACC Council of Presidents made it clear that the core values of this league are of the utmost importance, and the opposition to any form of discrimination is paramount,” He said in the statement.

“Today’s decision is one of principle, and while this decision is the right one, we recognize there will be individuals and communities that are supportive of our values as well as our championship sites that will be negatively affected. Hopefully, there will be opportunities beyond 2016-17 for North Carolina neutral sites to be awarded championships.”

This is certainly a bold move by one of the more lucrative conferences in all of college sports, but it’s a move that we saw coming and a move that probably needed to be made to try and get the changes necessary moving forward.

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