Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford on Wednesday stood by the league's addition of Louisville amid recent scandals that have rocked the university.
Making Louisville the ACC's 15th member was the "right decision at the time," Swofford said, adding that the school addressed its issues "aggressively."
"Not pleased with the recent turn of events, as we wouldn't be whether a member were in the league from 1953 (or more recently)," Swofford said. "It doesn't matter when they come in. But it was the right decision at the time, and I think can be the right decision over the long term."
Swofford announced that the league formed a task force, chaired by former Virginia athletics director Craig Littlepage. The league started the commission in the wake of an
FBI investigation into corruption in college basketball recruiting that has ensnared coaches and/or players from league members Louisville and Miami and a
recruit committed to North Carolina.
The task force also includes athletics directors from Boston College (Martin Jarmond), Duke (Kevin White) and Florida State (Stan Wilcox), plus ACC men's hoops commissioner Paul Brazeau.
"Our goal will be to see if we can offer solutions to the
NCAA commission (on hoops recruiting)," Swofford said, "or at least ideas for them to consider and processes that may prove helpful to them as it completes its work. We're visiting with a number of our own coaches one-on-one for input, and simply put, our league needs to do our part in finding solutions to this and offering ideas that can lead us to solutions. And I'm confident with the leadership of that task force, we will hopefully be able to do that."