(07-18-2017 01:50 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 01:46 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 01:24 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  You mean extra money wouldn't be a factor in ND joining as full? What about the other benefits in the scenario? (annual games with BC/Pitt and better chance at CFP while retaining all three current annual rivalries)

Nope. The value in retaining scheduling flexibility under the current agreement with the ACC, in addition to keeping Navy/Stanford/USC as annual rivalry games, are worth much more to the mission and the goals of Notre Dame and its athletic department than a couple of extra million in TV revenue.

Notre Dame wants a yearly national schedule. They want series with the top college football programs in the country. They want to keep their current yearly rivalries in tact. The partnership and affiliation with the ACC was arranged due to its membership compared to the B1G and Big 12. With Duke, UNC, Virginia, Boston College, Syracuse, Miami, Georgia Tech and Florida State, Notre Dame is linked by by strong institutional, academic and athletic peers. That's not even possible with a B1G or Big 12 membership.

Those wishing for ND to become a full-member of the ACC (or any conference) are waiting for an event that will never happen. ND is simply too valuable as an independent.

Personally, I don't really care whether Notre Dame becomes a full member or not. I was just trying to find a plausible route to 16 football schools for the ACC. Maybe they'd just add Cincinnati and UConn and be done with it.

I concur. The ACC should make its future plans in the knowledge that ND football will not be included.

But, other than on message boards, I don't think that the country is pining away for 4 x 16.