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Message: [QUOTE="jostar1, post: 5193418, member: 1737"] [I]"The Athletic[/I] obtained a previously unreported email exchange that took place around that time, April 2024, between John Preyer — the chairman of UNC’s Board of Trustees, who was integral to the school hiring Bill Belichick as its football coach in December — and former trustee Chuck Duckett. Duckett wrote that Tar Heels officials needed to “work together to protect UNC financially and with regard to our reputation.” The focus, Duckett wrote, should be on improving UNC’s finances without private equity — the school had preliminary discussions with multiple firms, according to documents obtained by [I]The Athletic[/I], before opting not to proceed — and asking the league for transparency instead of an “us versus the ACC” squabble. Preyer responded: “I firmly believe that ‘protecting UNC financially’ requires us to explore every available avenue to depart a conference that is in financial decline and is primarily serving its bottom tier schools. While Carolina once led the ACC, that time is long gone. The current Commissioner is not serving our best interests and simply ‘asking’ for transparency will not get us anywhere but would be a welcome change.” [/QUOTE]