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[QUOTE="DoctorBombay, post: 1704206, member: 626"]
I live in Charlotte, one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Its now the number 2-3 financial center after NY and SF- a little known fact. What's happening here is a microcosm of what's taking place in the ACC.
The attitude you've described is very prevalent in Charlotte as new transplants move in everyday from the NE, Mid-West, and SW. The locals are being swamped with the new arrivals and are struggling to maintain some semblance of the "old order", which often leaves them in a reactionary mode. Doing business with them usually involves breaking through old relationships and connections, but whats happening more and more is that the transplants are simply moving in and doing it their way, as opposed to accommodating the good ol' boys.
Swofford's way of doing business is old school Southern, and the ACC is now on a different trajectory. He signed that prior deal based on those old precepts- most of which have changed or are evolving daily.
IMO, this conference has the most upside and potential of any other, and if we can survive the folly of that last deal and make it to an ACCN in whatever form it takes, the sky will be the limit. The biggest issue will be when Swofford retires or is pushed out- then what kind of Commish will take his place? We need a forward-thinker, not one with a "this is the way we've always done it" kind of mentally.
The South is and has changed, and the ACC better be aware and prepared for all that's coming down the road.

[B]"Saying you're a realist is just a lazy way of being negative". - Zig Ziglar[/B]
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