NCAA shies away from role in conference expansion

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA - The NCAA is taking a hands-off approach to the Atlantic Coast Conference&#39;s expansion plans. <br> <br> President Myles Brand says the organization has no authority to intervene in a school&#39;s right to pick its own conference affiliation. <br> <br> However, Brand offered to have the NCAA assist in any way it could to help resolve the matter if it was invited by all parties. <br> <br> Virginia Governor Mark Warner had called on the NCAA or an outside mediator to get involved in the ACC&#39;s expansion plans in order to avoid a protracted and costly legal battle. <br> <br> Five Big East schools have filed suit against conference partners Miami and Boston College in an effort to get them and Syracuse from joining the ACC.

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