With Atlantic Coast Conference university leaders seemingly on the verge of deciding whether to expand with Stanford, California and SMU, two members of North Carolina’s board of trustees announced their opposition to the move.
FILE - Stanford wide receiver John Humphreys is unable to catch a pass against Southern California defensive back Ceyair Wright , who was called for pass inference on the play, during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Stanford, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Stanford opens their season at Hawaii on Sept. 1.
ACC presidents and chancellors are scheduled to meet Friday morning to again consider a Western expansion, a person with direct knowledge of the meeting told The Associated Press on Thursday. A few hours later, the chairman and vice chairman of North Carolina's board of trustees released a statement, urging the school to vote no on expansion.
"Although we respect the academic excellence and the athletic programs of those institutions, the travel distances for routine in-conference competitive play are too great for this arrangement to make sense for our student athletes, coaches, alumni and fans. Furthermore, the economics of this newly imagined transcontinental conference do not sufficiently address the income disparity ACC members face.
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