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[QUOTE="sufan, post: 44614, member: 262"]
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This is really not complicated:

[COLOR=#ff0000]The linked article that quoted the ACC bylaws was May 16, 2003:[/COLOR]

in the words of Clemson President James Barker: "Our member institutions reached an agreement to begin [COLOR=#ff0000]formal discussions[/COLOR] with Boston College, the University of Miami and Syracuse University to join the Alantic Coast Conference".
 
[URL='http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/105280/']Link[/URL] : 5/16/2003 article:

[COLOR=#ff0000]"League by-laws say that each of the three schools invited must be visited by the existing nine ACC chancellors and athletic directors. After those visits, an official vote will be taken on each school in favor of or opposed to their admission to the ACC."[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#000000]In 2003, there was an "invitation" to begin formal discussions, but actual membership was conditional on a formal vote. The ACC formally voted to admit Miami, VT and then BC.[/COLOR]

[COLOR=#ff0000]In 2011, an official, formal ACC vote made SU an ACC member.[/COLOR]
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