![]() ![]() This was no place to hide behind anonymously-sourced reports or discount whispers of discontent as nothing more than conjecture on social media. Still, there was nowhere to hide from reality Wednesday. ![]() "We believe in the ACC, we believe in where we're going and we want to continue to work together." "What I what I've been told is, we're all in this together - emphatically," Phillips said. ![]() In public, it appeared a battle line was drawn between the 14 schools, but when the smoke settled following a four-hour meeting behind closed doors Monday among athletic directors, commissioner Jim Phillips exited confident, if not exactly assured, his conference's membership would remain unchanged in the coming years. ![]() The worst-kept secret among members finally went public as athletic directors entered their first meeting Monday afternoon: seven of the 14 full-time members had partnered together to examine the conference's grant of rights and whether it was possible to form their own union or seek membership in the expanding SEC and Big Ten. Questions concerning the health of the ACC dominated three days of meetings at the conference's annual spring summit at the Ritz-Carlton tucked in the northeast corner of Florida. AMELIA ISLAND, Florida - For now, the ACC is sticking together, even as some members admit they will keep their ears to the ground as conference realignment widens the revenue gap among the Power Five conferences in college athletics. ![]()
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