I don't get the "or all out" part. What real harm is it to have them in partially? At least the way it is now we are guaranteed to play them every 5th year. That's better'n nothing.
Well, I dunno what "real harm." But, geez, one school should not be dictating to the entire conference. Kind of grating, you know? Particularly as they would get a heck of a lot more than they would bring.
They've been "independent" their entire existence, the domers are hung up on that, its a point of pride for some reason. It means they're aren't beholden to anyone. The ironic thing is now that they have one foot in the ACC and have a handful of other must play rivals, they really don't have any wiggle room anyway.
Apropos of nothing I suppose, but I just read the link to ACC division predictions for '15 and when I got to Louisville and the picture of Bobby Petrino the words "Notre Dame" popped into my head. Have no idea why. Except maybe both are overrated. Or something.
Didn't really mean it in a bad way.......the fact is they can command that sort of money on their own.....more power to them.
Considering events of the past few days one wonders if the ACC now looks with regret at taking Syracuse in. Unfortunately they had to take Boeheim along with the school.
NBC only broadcasts ND games, not the entire ACC, why would they share that? When the deal was done, it was thought to be quite a coup by the ACC. Both sides gain something, and both side give up something, that's the meaning of compromise. ND will eventually join in full and we'll all be better for it when they do. I'm sure this point was huge in the mind's of the ACC brass at the time. To toss them out now because we can't stomach a deal we agreed to when it was made seems like insecurity to me.
The ACC's deal with ND is hardly the same as the Big East's. Like I said earlier, both sides give and take. At the time of the deal, ND had a stronger point of leverage and they used that to their advantage. When the deal runs it's course, then you reevaluate, not during the term of the deal, unless both parties are amenable.
If you want to know why ND stayed independent in football, look no further than right here:My point was that ND remaining independent meant they did not have to share revenue. I do not begrudge the fact that they could do that and rake in the dollars like they did. When they inked the deal with NBC they were way out there in terms of $$$. I think with the changing landscape of college football, they wonder if they would get a comparative deal again........that has to be weighed against the risks of not playing for a conference championship i route to the playoff........it is all risk reward.
. Without ND, they have little to offer WRT college football.