ACC Moves Baseball Tourney From Myrtle

The ACC will move its baseball tournament from Myrtle Beach from 2011-2013.

By: Associated Press | News Channel 7
Published: July 06, 2009

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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Concerns about the Confederate flag have
led the Atlantic Coast Conference to move three future baseball
tournaments out of South Carolina.
The league said Monday that it instead will hold its
championship in Durham, N.C., in 2011 and '13 and in Greensboro in
2012.
The ACC previously awarded the tournament to Myrtle Beach, S.C.,
from 2011-13. That decision drew criticism from the NAACP, which
has boycotted South Carolina for flying the Confederate flag from
the state capitol grounds.
Commissioner John Swofford says the tournament was awarded to
Myrtle Beach with the understanding that discussions were held with
groups that had sensitivities regarding the flag, but that "it has
become clear this was not the case."

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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