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New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more
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New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more


Jul 21, 2015, 7:47 PM

 
Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more

Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford took to the podium Monday afternoon to discuss the health and direction of the conference. Swofford answered questions about the possibility of a 24-hour ACC Network, the financial viability of the conference compared to other conferences and the addition of a medical observer to the press box this season Full Story »


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Re: New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more


Jul 21, 2015, 7:59 PM

So basically, Swofford and I have diametrically opposed positions on just about every issue.

Sounds about right.

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GO TO H€LL YOU POS


Jul 21, 2015, 8:22 PM

Criminal

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Jul 21, 2015, 8:23 PM

The ACC will never move forward with Swofford.

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Definitely not


Jul 21, 2015, 8:29 PM

We're at least five years behind other conferences, and with him in charge will never lead in anything.

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If this is the best he can do, you can believe FSU and


Jul 21, 2015, 8:34 PM [ in reply to Re: New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more ]

Clemson will go shopping about a year before the grant of rights expires. So they will be shopping around 2025. If the Big Twelve is the only conference that has interest, then that is where they will have to look. It is clear the SEC or Big Ten have other interests.

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Re: If this is the best he can do, you can believe FSU and


Jul 21, 2015, 10:29 PM

Clemson should have played that card before now. fsu is lucky a conference would want to associate with them in spite of their success on the field. Jimbo is a terrible embarrassment to them and to the conference, sad thing is they don't understand it.

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Re: If this is the best he can do, you can believe FSU and


Jul 22, 2015, 7:43 AM [ in reply to If this is the best he can do, you can believe FSU and ]

SEC and Big 10 both would be interested in FSU and probably Georgia Tech. Our only other option would likely be the Big 12, but they would want a 'dance partner' for us. VT, maybe?

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Wow, this does not sound good for the following reasons


Jul 21, 2015, 8:30 PM

1. Unequal cost of attendance at schools is something we will have to live with. We knew the system had warts. We have to wait and see if it affects decisions of recruits.

Wow, this is a nightmare and Dabo saw it coming before most. You can bet the house it is going to affect the decision making of recruits. Just when we have reached a point where our program can recruit with anyone, this comes along. Recruits will go where the money is better. They are not going to listen to a song and dance about cost of living comparisons in certain areas. They are going to follow the money. Oh well, level playing field was fun while it lasted.

2. He is talking about an ACC Channel in terms of decades. It has always been understood that they were working on something by the next couple of years and now he is dropping terms like contract expires, the market is changing, etc.

3. the revenue disparity is significant and he used what sounded like excuses to talk it away.

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Tell 'em coot81to85


Jul 21, 2015, 9:33 PM

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Inequality in cost of attendance is a HUGE issue....


Jul 22, 2015, 8:06 AM [ in reply to Wow, this does not sound good for the following reasons ]

Not only is this issue an economic reality but it will absolutely influence the decisions of many recruits and adversely affect the competitive balance.

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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


Pretty sure I'm reading his timetable for an ACC "Channel"


Jul 21, 2015, 8:31 PM

as 10-20 years out, aka not in Swofford's lifetime. Sounds about right.

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So, blah, blah, blah


Jul 21, 2015, 8:33 PM

Ahh, he almost got away from having to answer a question. Sorry you may two minutes late to your wine and cheese party.

No worries, the answers will be the same 5 years from now if this blueball buffoon is still ACC commissioner.

The conflict of interest alone is reason to have him removed. And, he's excited about medical observers, third party whomevers (because who is a medical observer) with access to the medical information of players. Think about the pandora's box that opens up.

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As someone who loves wine and cheese,


Jul 21, 2015, 9:14 PM

I'm tired of that being used as an insult - especially with regard to UNC and their crappy fanbase.

Why do some Clemson fans use that as a criticism? I don't get it.

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you must be very young


Jul 21, 2015, 9:21 PM

It's a slap to their ###### fanbase and boring tailgates.

And, typical of Swoffy. More worried about not having to deal with something he does not want to. He'd rather hobnob & attend parties than attend to what's best for the ACC.

He'll run the ACC into the ground like a drunk frat party boy running daddy's company into the ground.

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If means they always considered their poo poo better than a


Jul 21, 2015, 10:39 PM [ in reply to As someone who loves wine and cheese, ]

Clemson fans poo poo. They hob nobed with wine and cheese at their tailgates talking about extracting sunbeams out of cucumbers and we fellowshipped with friends and family at our tailgates with beer and pretzels.


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Jul 22, 2015, 8:40 AM [ in reply to As someone who loves wine and cheese, ]

You're right. They do give wine and cheese a bad rap.

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Re: New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more


Jul 21, 2015, 8:43 PM

did he ever answer a question, with the questions he was asked
I now how more questions than answers

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Re: New Story: Swofford addressed league financials, ACC Network and more


Jul 21, 2015, 8:48 PM

Swofford is an idiot. I have never seen anyone say so much, while saying so little. He talks in circles and lacks even a hint of imagination, vision, or the tyou of leadership needed to move forward. Frankly, I am embarassed.

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Jul 21, 2015, 8:53 PM

In sum, according to Swofford: sit back and observe, do nothing of significance, and claim the high road.

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Jul 22, 2015, 8:20 AM

Uh, that "high road" hasn't led his tarholes, nor his seminoles down a very high and righteous road.

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Jul 21, 2015, 9:12 PM

Whelp he would make a good politician

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FIRE SWOFFORD!!!***


Jul 21, 2015, 9:15 PM



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Re: FIRE SWOFFORD!!!***


Jul 22, 2015, 2:35 PM

Some of you have bizarre ideas. Now I know everybody hated Swofford because of his UNC connection. And that hasn't really done them any good lately. Football is mediocre at best. Basketball is still good, but not the power they were a few years back. And their baseball had even slipped back a bit. They excel in some of the other sports that nobody cares about. But nobody cares. But this is the simple truth. If not for Swofford handling expansion in a proactive fashion , the ACC would be a footnote in history about now. Now I know some of you wax poetic about being in another conference. But the ACC schedule almost assures a school like Clemson of a 9-10 win season if they are any good at all. You would much rather play Wake on the road than an Okie St, or someone like that. You get one, or two, tough games out of the ACC every year. After that it is pretty smooth sailing. So be careful what you wish for. Football wise Clemson has it made right now. Basketball will always strive to be average. About what most want.

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he wants Carolina to be past probation before the TV


Jul 21, 2015, 9:22 PM

Network gets started. I totally agree, his Unc tail needs to go. This is sad, as a conference we will be second Tier to the conferences with a network. Clemson will have to raise a 100 million a year to cover the gap and after 10-12 years the gap for the conference coffers will even be bigger. We need to raise the money to leave the conference. 50 million now for several hundred million in the gap without a network. We need to move or he needs to go.

We should not wait, we have way to much at risk. The slow kill should not happen to us be cause of the teams that can't draw the attendance and TV audience.

Wow, how does he get away with this. Us and FSU and VT are all losing bad on this deal.

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There just isn't anywhere to go


Jul 21, 2015, 10:09 PM

The SEC doesn't want us. Do you really want to be in the Big XII...I sure as hell don't. We barely have anything in common with those schools. Swofford needs to be fired and the ACC needs new direction first. We still have time before the grant of rights is up. All efforts should be focused on ousting Swofford and bringing in the sharpest mind possible that can guide our conference to at least competitive monetary intake compared to other schools. The schools need to man the #### up and really put it to Swofford. This clown has got to go!

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Jul 21, 2015, 10:27 PM

He couldn't take us farther down the tubes if he had a plan in place to do it. What an absolute embarrassment he is. Sadly the "hot tea sippers' who have run our conference into the ground can't see how exponentially under the other conferences we are. Did I mention embarrassment? I thought so, but it is worth repetition. When will we, as a conference, realize that he is not an answer to anything. Catering to round ball is not where the money nor success lies. He is such a liability.

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How do you like me now?


Jul 21, 2015, 10:34 PM

Signed John "Bozo the Clown" Swofford. ;)

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10 lbs of crap in a 5 lb bag. What a horrible interview.


Jul 22, 2015, 12:58 AM

Lots of blabbering, no answers to any of the questions.

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I have no idea what he said.


Jul 22, 2015, 4:20 AM

What a blithering idiot.

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I'm pretty sure that was the intent***


Jul 22, 2015, 7:29 AM



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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


How does this clown still have a job?


Jul 22, 2015, 4:59 AM

And why aren't the schools in the ACC doing anything about it? I'm apalled, and with many of the rest of you, embarrassed.

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This clown is like a politician....


Jul 22, 2015, 7:27 AM

he talks alot and uses alot of words but he never really says anything.

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Never!


Jul 22, 2015, 8:30 AM

Never has anybody used so many words to say so little.

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Jeez was he drunk?


Jul 22, 2015, 8:57 AM

It's nearly impossible to make any sense of any of his answers. They must have scheduled his address just after happy hour. Or maybe he's just an idiot.

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I wish !!! At least then, there would be an excuse.


Jul 22, 2015, 9:05 AM

Unfortunately, I think he's just really that friggin stupid.

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Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.


SWofford all hat no cattle, all he did was a bunch of talkin


Jul 22, 2015, 9:18 AM

SWofford all hat no cattle, all he did was a bunch of talking of what they have been thinking about, how about following through and actually doing some of those things. Guess he has been busy putting tar in some holes (UNC COVERUP). How much longer must the ACC endure this character??

A manikin from Belks would have gotten as much done for the ACC by just being there. The ACC has so much potential to grow but until someone that is not a part of that research triangle mentality comes to power nothing changes. It is all about basketball. Does anyone else ever get sick of Coach K and Roy Williams and Swofford like I do?

The ACC is so painful to be a part of. Unfortunately, now we have likely missed any chance to do anything but remain a part of it and do what we can to survive.

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What are the odds his son will eventually work for the ACC


Jul 22, 2015, 1:08 PM

network?

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Jul 22, 2015, 3:56 PM

He's likely penciled in his son as CEO.

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the only good politician is a dead politician.


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