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[QUOTE="orangecuse, post: 5005076, member: 668"]
Perhaps, the reason the ACC is HQ in Charlotte is because many of its member schools are in relative close proximity to it.  And, Charlotte being a world class city with the 6 busiest airport in the country.  Additionally, several of its schools having a relatively short driving distance to it.  UNC, NCST, Duke & Clemson are about two hours, give or take.  Wake is about and hour and a half, hour and 45 minutes.  VPI is about 2.5 or so, UVA about 4.5 hours.

One can argue that many of the ACC schools don't "have a history of being football schools" and that when one thinks of the ACC, it thinks hoops first.  Clemson and FSU are the only schools that carry any weight on the football front nowadays, with VPI, and Miami having a football reputation, albeit, it's been a while for them being of any true/consistent significance.

Syracuse, for years, from a national standpoint, is looked primarily as a hoops school.  Same with Wake and BC.  Pitt, could be argued perhaps 50/50 type.  Louisville, hoops for sure.

Therefore, the ACC likely, as long as it stays together in its current state (until the GOR exhausts) will remain perceived as accustomed, a hoops first conference, where the majority of its members also play respectable football, other than the very few that actually can compete on the national stage for championships.
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