ND to the ACC

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#27
This makes as much sense as Penn State joining the Big10. Northern Indiana is pretty remotely removed from Florida, Georgia and North Carolina. This makes zero sense for non-revenue sports.
 
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TOP said:
Conferences expanding might force them to at some point. Teams should just refuse to play independent teams. Notre Dame and BYU would deserve it. :finger3:
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I dont agree with either schools religious affiliation. However I give credit ro BYU for sticking with conviction not to play sports on Sundays. They stood to make a ton of money joining the Big12 or Pac12. Neither would promise that BYU would be able to schedule all sporting events Monday-Saturday.
 
#30
#30
Big get for the ACC even if ND is only halfway in for football.
 
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GAVol said:
Big get for the ACC even if ND is only halfway in for football.
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Not really.

ND takes all their home revenue from NBC games. They get an ACC bowl slot. They have somewhere for their low tier sports once the BE fails.

The ACC gets a washed up football program, decent basketball, and sports nobody cares about. They might add some money, but ND is just eating into the pie.
 
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GAVol said:
Big get for the ACC even if ND is only halfway in for football.
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The only one that will get anything is ND football, and that will be access to ACC recruiting grounds + they take an ACC bowl slot.
 
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#33
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ND finds another way to stay irrelevant in FB...top tier talent want to play in conferences. ND has stayed out of a conference over the last 20+ years and the game has passed them by...they wont be relevant again until they get over the idea they are good enough to be independent....jmho
 
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ND President: "We are all in with the ACC"





Just not football....but we are "all" in!:blink:
 
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DeepSpringsVol said:
I dont agree with either schools religious affiliation. However I give credit ro BYU for sticking with conviction not to play sports on Sundays. They stood to make a ton of money joining the Big12 or Pac12. Neither would promise that BYU would be able to schedule all sporting events Monday-Saturday.
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My comment wasn't from a religious standpoint. Catholic, Mormon.... I don't care about that. Just that Notre Dame has NBC and doesn't BYU have their own station? They just seem snobby, arrogant and full of self-entitlement. Good on them for their religious beliefs and putting it first. I don't dislike them for their religion, I dislike them because they're like Texas and have their own stations/think they're above everyone else. They get to play by special rules. I believe Texas is the only team in a conference with their own station and the Big 12 allowed it to retain them. That's more publicity to garner recruits and I don't think they share the money. That's exactly why Notre Dame has been independent and why BYU went independent. They'll only be in conferences with their own personal station/contract to make extra money and benefit them in recruiting.

So to them I say... :finger3:
 
#38
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Exactly why does ND not want to join a conference? I don't understand it. Just so they can schedule whoever they want?
 
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Shaun1985 said:
Exactly why does ND not want to join a conference? I don't understand it. Just so they can schedule whoever they want?
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So they can keep their NBC money for themselves and keep their contract with NBC to showcase all of their games to the nation(recruits).
 
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"Notre Dame is an ACC member in every sport but football. In other news, Kate Upton is your girlfriend in every way but sex." -Rick Reilly (Twitter)
 
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#42
#42
Not as big a change as it sounds. Their traditional rivalries with Syracuse, Boston College, & Pitt are all now ACC teams. They had a long rivalry with Miami (FL), also ACC. Wake is already on the schedule.
 
#43
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I cant believe FSU, GA Tech and Clemson would agree to this. Wait until they take a bowl away from one of those teams!!
 
#44
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ND will join them full time in football once their NBC contract is up.
 
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zjcvols said:
ND will join them full time in football once their NBC contract is up.
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What I was thinking because by then they won't get a contract like that again. It's a gamble for the ACC IMO. I'd still see ND working the back channels to try and keep their gravy train rolling.
 
#46
#46
They will renew the NBC contract when it's up. I think it's about 15 mil now and I know NBC will up it to aleast 20-25 million to keep them.
 
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BristolVol said:
They will renew the NBC contract when it's up. I think it's about 15 mil now and I know NBC will up it to aleast 20-25 million to keep them.
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Can NBC afford that? Of the big 4 they have constantly been last the past decade in ratings and revenue.
 
#48
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It's not just the NBC money, Notre Dame also has the cushiest bowl deal in college football. They'd be foolish to throw that away as long as there are conferences like the ACC willing to accede to them in some far-fetched hope of someday getting full conference membership.

ND easily got the better end of this deal, setting themselves up for the post-BCS era and all it cost them was affiliation with their sports that don't matter. The ACC just gave up a bowl bid for a few non-conference games, half of which they won't even get adequate TV revenue for.
 
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MSCE09 said:
Can NBC afford that? Of the big 4 they have constantly been last the past decade in ratings and revenue.
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Look at what they spent on the olympics this year. 25 Million is drop in the bucket to get college football.
 
#50
#50
That bowl slot Notre Dame will be eating?

Yeah, they can be picked over any ACC team as long as they are within one game of that team. They're reaping the benefits of an ACC member without the risk.

Good on you, ACC, for willingly being leeched.
 
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