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Message: [QUOTE="omniorange, post: 2700333, member: 636"] Well, unfortunately, Swofford (and the legislation that was submitted for approval) never clearly defined what the ACC's intents were. Unlike the Big 12 that simply wanted the requirement of there being 12 teams to have a football championship game removed. This was the point I was trying to make. Swofford was extremely vague about what the ACC's intentions were in terms of how they would implement the change in the conference which spooked Delany (and to a lesser extent Slive) especially since the ACC had a scheduling agreement with the Irish that have them playing 5 ACC teams each year. Reasonable people KNOW there was no way the ACC would ever allow the Irish to participate in the CCG as a partial, but whenever ND is involved, Delany gets antsy. [URL="http://www.espn.com/blog/acc/post/_/id/81429/john-swofford-acc-not-planning-3-divisions-if-deregulation-passes"]John Swofford: ACC not planning 3 divisions if deregulation passes[/URL] [I]"Our purpose behind initiating that discussion was really not about anything specific we would necessarily do, but based on the whole deregulation of a number of NCAA issues in recent years," Swofford told ESPN.com. "We said over and over again that doesn't mean we would necessarily change anything within our own league. "We just feel conferences should have the opportunity to do that both in terms of the number of teams in a league and whether you can have a championship [B]as well as how you determine which teams play in that championship game.[/B] During these conversations, we haven't had any real discussion about a three-division ACC. That has never had any legs in our discussions, and so far, any change to what we're doing now has not had any real legs."[/I] Cheers, Neil [I] [/I] [/QUOTE]

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