(08-08-2020 11:13 AM)TerryD Wrote:  

(08-08-2020 08:54 AM)XLance Wrote:  

(08-08-2020 08:28 AM)slhNavy91 Wrote:  

(08-07-2020 04:59 PM)Statefan Wrote:  

(08-07-2020 02:59 PM)orangefan Wrote:  ACC rules prohibited ND from playing at Annapolis. The game would have had to be played in Indiana, presumably as an ND home game, but potentially I suppose at a neutral site as a Navy home game.

My guess is that the primary factors in ND's decision were 1) ND was on the hook to pay WMU for a buy game, regardless of whether it was played; and 2) ND is committed to providing NBC 7 games every season or having their rights fees reduced. Playing Navy would have meant giving up a paying home game in a future year with no obligation to make a guaranty payment since Navy is an alternating home and home series. If ND wanted to play WMU in a future year, they would have to make a second guaranty payment.
Playing Navy as a Navy home game at a neutral site in Indiana (as required by the ACC) would also have meant providing NBC with only 5 home games, not 6 as they are doing or 7 as they have promised to do, thereby suffering a two game reduction in payments.

ACC "rules" don't mean **** regarding ND and Navy.

If ND wanted to play Navy in Somalia, the ACC would have said fine.

The game is of minimal value to Navy if there is no attendance.

Navy was ready to play the game at NMCMS, in front of limited capacity (season ticket holders were braced for shock on the expected cost), the Brigade only, or zero.

It sounds like ND asked - even after the SEC backed out making the in-state requirement less significant - and the ACC did NOT say "fine". From our local beat writer:

Quote: After a week of uncertainty, Notre Dame athletic director Jack Swarbrick told Gladchuk it simply was not possible.

“We talked about all kinds of possibilities, but it became obvious there was no gray area. I spoke with Jack this week and learned there would be no exceptions. I had to face the reality there was no flexibility in the way Notre Dame had to operate,” Gladchuk said.

Notre Dame is "in".
The reaction from some ND fans ........now that we have missed a (Navy) game...do we ever have to play them again? Not exactly what would be referred to as "heartbroken".

With Notre Dame now committed to full membership........can Texas be far behind?

Two points:

1) Its a one year lease with the ACC, and

2) Navy and ND just extended their series through 2032.

Yep!
Looks like the Irish are going to keep Navy (a game they can move anywhere around the world) and kick California to the curb.
Stanford (a relatively new "rivalry") looks like it terminates after the 2024 season (you will owe me $20 when it's official) and the biggest surprise of all.........USC is not on the schedule beyond 2026.
Perhaps the biggest tell of all FBSchedules.com no longer lists Notre Dame as an independent but as a member of the ACC.
https://fbschedules.com/future-college-f...schedules/

Looks like someone intends to exercise the option to renew on that one year lease.