John Swofford
John Swofford
John Swoffordis the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference...
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We are currently working with both institutions to reschedule the game,
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The rivalry is one of the greatest in college football and having these teams showcase their talents in front of a national audience to kickoff the season is tremendous,
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Crowd control in all of our sports is an issue that our schools take seriously and is discussed on an ongoing basis. The safety of players, coaches and fans must always be the primary concern of any sporting event.
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The threshold should be 3:30. With the average approaching 3:30, we have to be concerned because a number of games went beyond that.
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To be honest, there was some truth to that for a while. I think people were almost too comfortable in the beginning. Some people spent as much time looking around the building as getting into the game because it was so different from Carmichael.
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We have talked about it but haven't been able to wrap our arms around a consensus. It is time for more serious discussions. The issue has more relevance than in the past.
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There are a lot of ways to look at it, ... but I think we're right there with any of the other four conferences. And that's where we'd like to be, and where I feel we should be.
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We owe the Big Ten a debt of gratitude,
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Football is a very physical sport and every player needs to be protected and players must respect each other's safety.
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No, I wouldn't equate it totally to dollars necessarily. Just like there are years some people may feel a certain conference is maybe a little better than the ACC, that doesn't mean their television dollars are going to equate to our television basketball dollars necessarily.
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It's not as much of a financial bang as some people think. But certainly it would help, and prestige-wise it would be very positive.
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We feel that this system will benefit officiating in college football. All of us want a correct ruling on the field and we believe that implementing this system will enhance the quality of officiating. The system that was used by the Big Ten this past season received very positive reviews by administrators and coaches alike.
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Ultimately, he was widely outvoted. We had to wear him down over a period of time. Finally, I think he realized there wasn't a whole lot he could say about that if that was the way the university wanted to honor him.
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We are confident that this is the beginning of a great new tradition in ACC football and the annual hallmark of what will be one of the most anticipated and meaningful games of the year,