OT....Jim Phillips to Replace Swofford

[billybud]

The ACC has announced that the AD of Northwestern, Jim Phillips, will replace Swofford in June.

Phillips served as the Associate AD at Notre Dame prior to when they moved to ACC for sports other than football....and was well thought of in the Big Ten.

Phillips was named the new commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday, replacing the retiring John Swofford. The news comes after Phillips came very close to securing the same role with the Big Ten in 2019 when longtime commissioner Jim Delany retired. Big Ten athletic directors supported Phillips, but the presidents and chancellors selected Kevin Warren instead.

 

[Adios]

I'd say the ACC chose wisely.

 

[DoctorWho85]

The ACC has announced that the AD of Northwestern, Jim Phillips, will replace Swofford in June.

Phillips served as the Associate AD at Notre Dame prior to when they moved to ACC for sports other than football....and was well thought of in the Big Ten.

Phillips was named the new commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference on Monday, replacing the retiring John Swofford. The news comes after Phillips came very close to securing the same role with the Big Ten in 2019 when longtime commissioner Jim Delany retired. Big Ten athletic directors supported Phillips, but the presidents and chancellors selected Kevin Warren instead.

Ass. AD at ND prior to the move you say? Confirmed: ND to the ACC full time

 

[CL82]

My two cents:

1) ND would need a compelling reason, like bowl access, to give up independence. So far there haven't been any.
2) The ACC would need promise of more money to make a change. The cable sports rights deal bubble sure seems to have burst.

Without a change in both of those things, expansion at the ACC will not happen.

 

[bobbyinaz]

My two cents:

1) ND would need a compelling reason, like bowl access, to give up independence. So far there haven't been any.
2) The ACC would need promise of more money to make a change. The cable sports rights deal bubble sure seems to have burst.

Without a change in both of those things, expansion at the ACC will not happen.

How can you say the TV sports bubble has burst when ESPN just paid the SEC $300MM/yr for a package CBS was paying $55MM/yr for?

 

[John Greene]

How can you say the TV sports bubble has burst when ESPN just paid the SEC $300MM/yr for a package CBS was paying $55MM/yr for?

Some bubbles are stronger than others?