ACC Realignment Meeting Postponed Following Shooting On Campus

CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA – JUNE 29: People walk on the campus of the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill on June 29, 2023 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that race-conscious admission policies used by Harvard and the University of North Carolina violate the Constitution, bringing an end to affirmative action in higher education. (Photo by Eros Hoagland/Getty Images)

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What was supposed to be a meeting to determine the future of the ACC’s membership had to be postponed for a much more important reason.

According to Nicole Auerbach of The Athletic, the ACC meeting to determine whether to admit Cal, SMU and Stanford is being postponed. The postponement comes amid a shooting that took place on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus earlier today.

“Tonight’s ACC meeting has been postponed following the on-campus shooting at UNC today, per source,” Auerbach wrote on X.

Thankfully, there are no reports on any shooting victims or fatalities as of writing. We all hope and pray that it stays that way.

Tonight’s ACC meeting has been postponed following the on-campus shooting at UNC today, per source. https://t.co/n2LgD3nivy

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) August 28, 2023

The ACC is reportedly mulling whether to add Pac-12 holdouts Cal and Stanford along with SMU due in no small part to a lucrative TV deal bonus they would gain if they added exactly three more schools.

The Pac-12 currently has only four teams on board for the 2024 season with only Cal, Stanford, Oregon State and Washington State still at the school.

Now we may have to wait a long while before the fate of the three schools is decided.