BOSTON (AP) — Boston College Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo has sent a letter of apology to the presidents and ADs of the Atlantic Coast Conference for saying in a newspaper interview that ESPN told the league to add Pittsburgh and Syracuse.
Boston College released DeFilippo’s short letter on Tuesday. In it, he apologizes for “any negative effects caused by my recent interview with a Boston Globe reporter.”
He adds that he “spoke inappropriately and erroneously regarding ESPN’s role in conference expansion.”
Last month, Syracuse and Pitt announced that they will leave the Big East to join the ACC, pushing membership in that conference to 14 and leaving the Big East scrambling to replace two of its oldest members.
