(08-04-2022 09:40 AM)Stammers Wrote:  

(08-03-2022 03:22 PM)BERT56 Wrote:  

(08-03-2022 02:54 PM)Tiger87 Wrote:  

(08-03-2022 08:56 AM)ncrdbl1 Wrote:  

(08-03-2022 08:06 AM)Tiger87 Wrote:  ND's GOR with the ACC does not include football. So ND's would not have much "penalty" at all for abandoning the ACC. It's a non-factor.

Yes it does.

It states that if ND decides to join a conference in football that they must join the ACC.

They are contractually obligated to the ACC until 2036 if they join a conference in football.

https://slapthesign.com/2021/07/30/notre...dependent/

That article is a year old, and written by someone that no one knows. It has not withstood the scrutiny dictated by current circumstances and does not go in depth.

All of the below articles are recent and from (mostly) reputable sources. They all admit that ND has a contract that runs through 2036 that says they would "have" to join the ACC if any conference. But the buyout of that contract is 3 years of NON-FOOTBALL revenue. Non-fb revenue because the ACC does not control ND's football grant of rights. The David Hale twitter feed points out that the pre-COVID number for this non-fb revenue share was $10.8M/year. For 3 years, that's a $33M buyout - aka chump change in today's world of athletics.

ESPN+

ESPN - David Hale twitter

247 sports

NC State beat writer

It's really not hard. ND has their OWN TV deal. Why would they be obligated to pay anything for football media rights if they choose to go to another conference. OH, right, they aren't.

They will do what they want, but they are sort of at the mercy of the $EC and Big Ten when it comes to inclusion in the playoffs. I think where we end up is 3 super conferences of 24 teams each and a 16 team playoff. The $EC and Big Ten will get 7 spots each, and the other conference will get 2, or maybe it will be 6 each, 2 for the 3rd conference and 2 wildcards based on the rankings.

The playoff leverage is the only thing the B1G has on ND and they might use it. Otherwise, it appears ND is content to remain independent with their own tv deal, ready-made scheduling, and access to the playoffs.