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Syracuse Orange: Power Fives, including ACC, could break off from NCAA

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The novel coronavirus pandemic may alter collegiate sports over the long term, which could affect Syracuse Orange athletics.

The Syracuse Orange and its fellow Atlantic Coast Conference members compete within a league that, along with the other Power Five conferences, could ultimately break away from the NCAA due to the economic damage caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to a report.

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sports, in a riveting and thorough piece where he spoke with economists, marketing experts, athletics directors, administrators and others, wrote in part that the NCAA’s “fading relevancy” and the “different needs of the Power Five leagues may make change necessary.