John Swofford does not want Atlantic Coast Conference fans burning down any houses should their providers not carry the new ACC Network when it launches a month from today, but he knows they’ll be passionate and vocal about it if they don’t.
“The intense passion is there. That’s evident. We see that,” the ACC Commissioner said. “I think as you get toward launch, the way distribution works, a lot of those deals happen at the midnight hour, so to speak.
“I think our fan bases will respond very, very negatively if they’re not able to get this.