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ACC Commissioner Jim Phillips has strong words for Clemson and FSU

CHARLOTTE, NC – Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner Jim Phillips says the ACC is bigger than any school and will carry on despite members looking to leave.

Phillips, speaking during the Commissioner’s Forum at the ACC Football Kickoff, was asked about the ongoing lawsuits between the league and Florida State and Clemson and about his time at the helm of the conference.

“Forceful moments deserve forceful support and leadership,” Phillips said Monday. “I don’t know that I’ve changed at all other than I stand by everything I’ve said from the moment on the first interview I did around the Orange Bowl on ACCN to today.