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Swofford: The thing I think most about is the people
ACC Commissioner John Swofford reflects on his 23-year career and how the league has changed since he took over.
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ACC Commissioner John Swofford reflects on his 23-year career and how the league has changed since he took over.
Well, you know anything that's been accomplished. It's been accomplished by a lot of people in this league working together. Uh, that's the way I've always tried to lead. And hopefully it's been been effective. And we had a lot of change through these 23 years from nine to 2 12 members and now 15. Uh, that was critical to the, uh to the growth for that growth and what it has meant to the league and will mean to the league going forward. Uh, you know, the thing I think most about are the people that have been associated with through those 23 years, because, in my opinion, they're the best people in intercollegiate athletics. And there's been a lot of challenges. Hopefully, we've met those successfully. By and large, uh, I've always been very proud of what this league has stood for, with its balance of academics and athletics, I think it's a strongest conference in intercollegiate athletics in that regard on that's because of the people that are institutions and the student athletes that we attract. And they've done a great job of of winning and, uh, having the balance of doing it and doing it successfully, it really high quality institutions of higher learning. And to me, that's what college athletics is is all about. But when you look at the expansions, which was extremely important to this league being in the position that it's in today, uh, in the A C C network and start of the football championship game uh, the A C C Big 10 basketball challenge. You know it has it take to go down the list because I worry about what I might leave out. But, uh, there's always challenging times, and there always will be challenging times. It nails the right time for you need a hand the mantle over to some somebody else.