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There is currently a petition on Change.org asking that the ACC conference look into moving the 2016 baseball tournament out of North Carolina due to the recent law enacted which discriminates against the LGBT community. In the past, the ACC moved the tournament out of the state of South Carolina over the use of the Confederate flag at the SC state house. As of right now, the petition has only 563 supporters but every event in the state of North Carolina will be criticized with this law in the coming months and years.
You can check out the petition by clicking here.
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Sorry, this is baseball news? Appears to be shear speculation. I’m sure one can find something someone would like to change regardless of where you hold the event. If you want to post real news, ask when the ACC will adopt a reasonable tournament format rather than pool play.
This was also reported by WRAL in North Carolina.
http://www.wralsportsfan.com/petition-seeks-to-move-acc-baseball-tournament-out-of-nc/15678299/
The Pool Play actually saves arms and creates the ability for the best teams to make the finals. I think 95 percent of the teams that have made the ACC tournament have received an NCAA bid in the last ten years. The conference tournament means nothing as who remembers that Florida State won it last season outside of Tallahassee. People remember who win the big tournament in Omaha.
Brian, you sort of make my point. If saving arms is the objective, adopt the PAC-12 approach, no tournament. A tournament is for the fans, so give us a tournament.
I just said the same thing on another thread
https://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2016/05/02/the-interesting-dilemma-of-bryant-baseball/#comment-2654946430
The other reason for the pool play, the three games are all a boost to the RPI to each school.
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