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Steve Wiseman

As ACC hunts revenue increases, Jim Phillips ‘confident’ no schools will leave league

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Financial might has the Big Ten and Southeastern conferences leaving the rest of the college leagues in the dust.

Even with the ACC as one of the conferences falling behind in that metric, league commissioner Jim Phillips said Wednesday he doesn’t fear an impending defection of a school.

“I love our 15 schools and I’m confident in us staying together,” Phillips said. “That’s all I’ve heard in the calls we’ve had. We want to work together to provide more resources to our student-athletes. But we are all on the same page.”

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