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[QUOTE="rrlbees, post: 44528, member: 96"]
SU absolutely did have an invite and accepted. I don't know what the "procedures" are now, but the ACC then used straw polls. The "official" vote wouldn't happen of course until after 2 things, 1) they knew the invitee would accept and 2) they knew they had the votes to accept the application. It only makes sense that a formal vote can't be until receiving the applications. The final straw poll had all in agreement except for Duke and UNC. Enough to pass so they sent the invites and we accepted. It was only then when Warner stepped in and forced UVa to vote no. It is a fact that even the press releases were prepared announcing SU, BC and Miami joining. It is possible that because of that fiasco that the ACC (and maybe others) now require that the final formal vote take place prior to invites being formally offered and accepted, with no option to change you vote after. They just say that they were voted in when that vote may have taken places weeks earlier. But in the landscape of 2003/4, SU was invited and accepted.
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