(08-11-2023 05:02 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Swarbrick was tone deaf and should have kept his mouth shut and not given an interview or become the face of this issue.

However, lets all be real here.

ND is pushing this for one reason only, to help protect its football independence.

It wants to prop up the ACC as an instrument to keep ND football out of any conference.

ND's independence is protected if the ACC continues to exist if FSU and Clemson leave.

It is not the goal to "save" anyone else, not Stanford and not Cal and not the ACC in its present form.

Chipping away at independence further by adding a sixth game against a single conference is not something that will protect independence.

So, if this expansion fails, well, it fails. Worth a (long) shot by Swarbrick.

No lies detected.

I'm personally in favour of supporting the move as long as we're sure ACC schools can swing it—and for the reasons you mention. I don't expect an expansion like this one to close the revenue gap or slow down any Mag 7 schools, whose plans to exit are 100% earnest. I think it will benefit the ACC that remains, Notre Dame included.

(08-11-2023 11:35 AM)Gitanole Wrote:  

(08-11-2023 05:02 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Swarbrick was tone deaf and should have kept his mouth shut and not given an interview or become the face of this issue.

However, lets all be real here.

ND is pushing this for one reason only, to help protect its football independence.

It wants to prop up the ACC as an instrument to keep ND football out of any conference.

ND's independence is protected if the ACC continues to exist if FSU and Clemson leave.

It is not the goal to "save" anyone else, not Stanford and not Cal and not the ACC in its present form.

Chipping away at independence further by adding a sixth game against a single conference is not something that will protect independence.

So, if this expansion fails, well, it fails. Worth a (long) shot by Swarbrick.

No lies detected.

I'm personally in favour of supporting the move as long as we're sure ACC schools can swing it—and for the reasons you mention. I don't expect an expansion like this one to close the revenue gap or slow down any Mag 7 schools, whose plans to exit are 100% earnest. I think it will benefit the ACC that remains, Notre Dame included.

As a fan of a team on the realignment bubble, that's mighty kind of you, Gitanole!