The board of governors that oversees North Carolina’s public university system is required to get schools to approve athletic conference changes, most notably Atlantic Coast Conference members North Carolina State and North Carolina State. may affect the potential movement of
A 30-year-old North Carolina education funding debate returns to the state Supreme Court.
The system’s board approved the measure Thursday. This comes amid a new wave of realignment set to take effect next season, with the ACC adding California and Stanford from the Pac-12 in addition to SMU from the American Athletic Conference.
South Building on the UNC Chapel Hill Campus. (St. Petersburg)
It also comes as Florida is engaged in a legal battle with the ACC to withdraw from the entitlement agreement through 2036 and avoid paying more than $500 million in fees and penalties.
The system oversees 16 public universities, including bowl subprograms such as Appalachian State University, East Carolina University and the University of Charlotte.
The measure requires schools to provide advance notice of changes to meetings, including a financial impact report, and obtain approval from board presidents. The president can approve or reject plans, but the board can also vote to reject plans that were originally approved.
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UNC and North Carolina State University are charter members of the ACC and have a longstanding rivalry, with adjacent campuses located about a 30-minute drive away. The move could theoretically make it more difficult for one side to displace the other in a lucrative conference move.
