PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has entered a period of strength and stability. Nobody’s coming in anytime soon, and nobody’s leaving. Commissioner John Swofford said yesterday that the league is still discussing the possibility of an ACC-specific channel with ESPN and within the league.
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford says the league will have team medical observers in the booth during games this fall to improve player safety. Speaking yesterday during the ACC Kickoff preseason media day, Swofford says the observer will be somebody involved with players “on an ongoing and day-to-day basis.”
PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) — The Atlantic Coast Conference has apologized for a sentence with two expletives that appeared on a page in its football media guide. Spokeswoman Amy Yakola says the league “appropriately updated” online versions to remove the all-caps sentence. The league pulled printed copies not already distributed.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sun Belt Conference commissioner Karl Benson says the league’s football programs need to shed addictions to big-money, non-conference matchups with heavily favored, Power Five programs. The commissioner, who spoke at the conference’s media day yesterday, says more non-league games with “peer conferences” would improve the chances of a Sun Belt team going unbeaten and getting a bid to one of six New Year’s Day bowl games.
