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As ACC looks to address revenue gap, competing worldviews emerge on future of college sports

In the span of about a week, in cities separated by about 600 miles, two of the most powerful leaders in college athletics offered contrasting worldviews in this summer of massive change and uncertainty. One of them espoused the supposed values of the traditional collegiate sports model; the other embraced…

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Kevin Warren Is Ready to Lead the Big Ten Into the Future

A tumultuous 2020 behind him, the conference’s commissioner has rapidly won over support and turned his league into a coast-to-coast juggernaut.

Sports Illustrated

1-on-1 with Pat Narduzzi: Thoughts on expansion, the Big Ten and winning a different way

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pat Narduzzi and three Pitt players arrived at the Westin Charlotte for Thursday’s ACC Kickoff at around 9:30 a.m. They spent an hour-and-a-half filming TV features before taking the podium for a press conference. Narduzzi hopped on ACC Network before joining his players for an open interview…

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The ACC Coastal, college football’s most interesting division, readies for swan song

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Amid the consternation about the future and present of the ACC — the endless talk about the revenue gap; the speculation over whether the league’s grant of rights will hold; the questions concerning any potential defections — legitimate change has been forgotten in the hysteria. Part of…

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Typically heavy on hype, this year’s ACC Kickoff highlighted by uncertainty, anxiety

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a way it was the same as it has ever been here on Wednesday during day one of the ACC’s annual preseason football kickoff: the same cliches and the same kind of boundless optimism eternal this time of year; the same expansive hordes surrounding the big…

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Luke DeCock: Jim Phillips may be last idealist left in college sports. That should count for something.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jim Phillips is a true believer. If there was any doubt about it before, there was none left after Wednesday. At a time when not only his conference but college athletics in general is being pulled in new, odd directions by forces both benign and malignant, the…

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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.

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As the College Sports Gap Widens, Jim Phillips Digs In

The ACC commissioner believes his league can still close the gap with the SEC and Big Ten.

Sports Illustrated

5 storylines to keep an eye on ahead of ACC media days

PITTSBURGH — On Wednesday, the ACC Football Kickoff will get underway in Charlotte, N.C.

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Luke DeCock: Where does ACC go from here? 5 options for Jim Phillips and schools in North Carolina.

Remember when deciding whether to move the conference office out of Greensboro was the trickiest question ACC commissioner Jim Phillips had to answer? Seems like a long time ago that was the ACC’s hot-button issue … in part because that decision has been marinating for a year.

Tribune News Service

ACC Insider: Three Biggest Challenges That Admins See for League

With the ongoing NCAA conference discussions, ACC administrators highlight what they think the current commissioner Jim Phillips needs to focus on.

Sports Illustrated

Luke DeCock: In budget proposal, ACC will get $15 million of your money to do ... nothing new

The ACC’s unnecessary hand-wringing over the location of its headquarters has been, for almost a year, the ACC’s own stupid problem.

Tribune News Service

In football-first world of college athletics, where does that leave ACC basketball?

FERNANDINA BEACH, Fla. — Almost five months after he became the fifth commissioner in ACC history, Jim Phillips stood in front of a crowded hotel banquet room in Charlotte and emphasized the single priority most critical to the league’s future. It was Phillips’ first major public appearance in his new…

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ACC coaches sound off on tampering in spring meetings

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — When Pittsburgh receiver Jordan Addison entered the transfer portal last week, the move sent shock waves throughout college football.

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Addressing revenue gap is ‘top of mind’ for ACC, but disparity will only grow larger

FERNADINA BEACH, Fla.— Throughout the late 2000s and early 2010s, officials within the ACC constantly fought rumors and speculation about the conference’s demise. Every few months, it seemed, brought another account of Florida State and Clemson’s impending defection for the Big 12 and then, in late 2012, Maryland announced that…

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Luke DeCock: The ACC has plenty to shout about after its first-weekend NCAA tournament performance

So maybe Josh Pastner was right all along.

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