Swofford reveals ACC had decided to go to 9 league games. Once Notre Dame joined with The ACC, the conference decided to remain at 8 league games.
CJ


Has any of the recent news – the grant of rights – changed the fact you might revisit the nine-game league schedule?



JS: I think it’s always a possibility. We had decided to go to nine, and then when we made the Notre Dame agreement, our schools felt more comfortable staying at eight with the addition of Notre Dame into the scheduling. That’s where we are at this point in time. Could it change? I think it could, but we’ll just have to wait and see on that. We’re proceeding at this point as if we will continue to play eight conference games.

BCS Football HQ

Best part imo!

Quote:What is on the agenda for this year’s spring meetings?

JS:..... and we’ll be meeting with our television partners in terms of where we go from here and continuing the discussions about what’s best from a television standpoint, what maximizes our potential in terms of television as well as sponsorships and remaining cutting edge in terms of everything we’re trying to do. When you look at our footprint now, we will have the most television households and highest population in our footprint of any conference in the country.

Wow, I didn’t realize that.

JS: Yeah. You couple that with the technology going forward that’s available with the quality of the 15 institutions and our potential, I think it’s fair to say this is the strongest collection of basketball programs in one conference that’s ever been assembled, and our potential from a football standpoint is unlimited. I think our marketplace opportunities, along with the population numbers both current and projected moving forward, when you put all that together, it’s an enormous potential as a conference over the next 15 years and beyond. We just need to make the decisions and develop our programs in a way that continues to move us towards reaching that potential.

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