From a Clemson blog:
http://www.shakinthesouthland.com/2...cc-may-be-commissioner-john-swoffords-biggest
"So now an already mediocre football program with a poor coach is on probation for five years and will continue to struggle to be competitive. The basketball program which by all accounts is a big deal in New York and was likely the program the ACC was most interested in adding, will be decimated. They lose their star player next season (
Rakeem Christmas) and will start bleeding scholarships. What star recruit will want to commit to the snowstorms of Syracuse without the
March Madness that always came when the snow melted. Additionally, Jim Boeheim is suspended for the next nine ACC games and
at age 70 will he just retire soon, as the ship is sinking?
So the football program that is struggling and trending downward, the basketball program that is entering a long phase of sanctions and a new coach, and there's no baseball program... It looks a lot like Swofford added nothing of value, but spread the conference money just a bit thinner. I'm appreciating Wake Forest more every day!"