Facing identity crisis, frustrated ACC members point the finger at TV coverage — or lack of it

Posted Jul 25, 2024
John Swofford wanted an ACC Network. Badly. Whenever Swofford, the ACC's commissioner from 1997-2021, met with John Skipper, ESPN's president at the time, he made an aggressive pitch for an ACC Network. He believed it would solidify the ACC as a premier conference if it could have its own network like the Big Ten and the SEC. (247 Sports)

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