As the Stanford-California-SMU triumvirate joined the ACC last week, one of the ideas in place to ease the travel burden for ACC schools was floated. It still hasn’t been finalized, but it sure sounds as though it will move forward in some form and to some degree. Dallas will become a hub for competitions in several ACC sports.
Dallas could become a centerpiece ACC city. That just sounds wrong. It feels wrong.
Charlotte is an ACC city. Greensboro is an ACC city. Atlanta is an ACC city. Clemson is an ACC locale.
Dallas is a Southwest Conference city turned into a Big 12 and AAC city. There’s nothing “Atlantic” about it. Yet, schools from the two opposite coasts will likely travel there in a lot of different sports? What a mess, to be honest.
There ought to be a better way of arranging all of this. This travel setup doesn’t seem like something which should exist on a long-term basis.
Nearly everyone who is responding to this Dallas plan in the ACC feels the same way. See for yourself: