ACC selling out tradtion to highest bidder
By J.D. Moss | June 19, 2003Greed. It has long been the cause of many downfalls in the professional sports world, but collegiate athletics, despite some problems, had managed as a whole to turn its nose away from the scent of money. That is, until ACC commissioner John Swofford succumbed to the monster, bringing the most storied conference in the nation down in the name of money. 50 years of tradition have been exchanged for money, as it seems certain that Miami, Boston College, and Syracuse will join the ACC in either 2004 or 2005, allowing the conference to move to two divisions. ACC schools currently pull in $10 million annually in revenue sharing, meaning that the three new schools need to generate an extra $30 million in revenue.
