(07-18-2017 01:24 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 01:20 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 01:11 PM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 01:07 PM)TerryD Wrote:  

(07-18-2017 11:46 AM)Nerdlinger Wrote:  What specifically do you think makes, say, the most recent scenario I presented, so implausible?

With the likely breakdown of the Big 12 sometime around 2023-25, all the schools will be looking for new homes. While at least two are assured a power conference home, the others may be desperate enough to take a smaller share of a conference's payouts just to join. This improves the probability of the SEC and Pac-16 adds in the most recent scenario I presented. Additionally, since there are apparently no penalties for leaving the SEC, Missouri's accepting a Big Ten invite to balance out Kansas is not so incredible. Is Texas to the Pac and OU to the SEC so unlikely? ND as a full ACC member might seem improbable, but with Navy, BC, and Pitt as annual in-conference opponents, USC and Stanford retained as annual OOC matchups, a larger cut of the ACC Network payouts, and a decent shot at the CFP, the Irish wouldn't have it all that bad.

ND already has this. The ACC announced last summer that ND would get a full share of any network payouts, even without football.

Interesting. I wonder if they'd have to offer an even larger share for ND to join as full.

That would not matter.

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.