No, I meant the ACC. You know, when Florida State, Miami, and Virginia Tech (i think it was those three, know it was 3 of the better football schools) were exploring leaving the ACC for the Big 12. Did you forget about that? The conference still wasn't stable with the addition of Pitt and Syracuse. Now with Notre Dame and the $50 million exit fee, schools aren't leaving.

Every conference school will make more money moving forward with Notre Dame in the mix. The conference members would not have voted to accept ND if there wasn't some benefit. Literally the only possible drawback is a team getting skipped over in the bowl selection process. Keep in mind the league will be able to negotiate with better bowls (more money) with Notre Dame a possibility.

ND would rather play 5 random ACC schools a year than 5 random (plus UM, Purdue, MSU) B1G schools a year?
They still would have openings for four games against USC, Stanford, Navy and BC.
Make no sense except for competition stand point to increase wins.

Since 95% of Notre Dame fans I know are only fans of the football team, meaning they didn't even attend the school, don't root for other school teams, etc. this hardly matters.

Sonofanump;1269396 wrote:ND would rather play 5 random ACC schools a year than 5 random (plus UM, Purdue, MSU) B1G schools a year?
They still would have openings for four games against USC, Stanford, Navy and BC.
Make no sense except for competition stand point to increase wins.

Lol.

From a money standpoint it all makes sense. The facts are that Notre Dame despite their lack of success in the last 25 years is still a huge draw where ever they play. Competition wise, the 5 random ACC schools a year will be about the same calibur of schedule that they play most years so no gain or loss in strength of schedule (just more money) The natural rivalries would have been much better in the B1G (Ohio State, Michigan, Michigan State. Purdue, Penn State) but if they would not have played football in the conference what good are they?

The thing is notre dame will never join a conference in football unless the super conferences happen and they break away from the NCAA. Even in the acc does break up and fall apart ( which is very slim now) notre dame has plenty of money to pay the 50 mill exit fee. This move makes a ton of sense for both sides. It holds the acc together and Notre Dame joined arguably the best conference for the other sports.

karen lotz;1269370 wrote:No examples of ACC bending over? Got it.

ACC bent over because I hate Notre Dame, per your post.

karen lotz;1268701 wrote:They just did? If forced to join a conference for football, it will be the acc. ACC upped the exit fee to $50 million today as well.

goosebumps;1269376 wrote:I didn't see it mentioned anywhere on here, but I believe the ACC also upped its buyout to 50 million dollars. .

WebFire;1269435 wrote:ACC bent over because I hate Notre Dame, per your post.

Right. Basically you have nothing to add to the discussion. I understand.

karen lotz;1269451 wrote:Right. Basically you have nothing to add to the discussion. I understand.

Nope, I have nothing. It's all been said already.

karen lotz;1269391 wrote:No, I meant the ACC. You know, when Florida State, Miami, and Virginia Tech (i think it was those three, know it was 3 of the better football schools) were exploring leaving the ACC for the Big 12. Did you forget about that? The conference still wasn't stable with the addition of Pitt and Syracuse. Now with Notre Dame and the $50 million exit fee, schools aren't leaving.

Every conference school will make more money moving forward with Notre Dame in the mix. The conference members would not have voted to accept ND if there wasn't some benefit. Literally the only possible drawback is a team getting skipped over in the bowl selection process. Keep in mind the league will be able to negotiate with better bowls (more money) with Notre Dame a possibility.

miami and va tech exploring leaving? when was this ? link

KnightRyder;1269521 wrote:miami and va tech exploring leaving? when was this ? link

Sorry, fsu, Miami, Clemson. Google.com.

Iliketurtles;1268931 wrote:Well they probably would join the Big Ten if they Big Ten would just give into to the demands ND wants like the ACC has and Big East did. But that is never going to happen and I applaud the Big Ten for that.

Agreed. Why would the Big Ten "give into" Notre Dame? And I applaud the Big Ten for not giving into Notre Dame's "demands."

karen lotz;1269545 wrote:Sorry, fsu, Miami, Clemson. Google.com.

actually the only school that talked of leaving was FSU

KnightRyder;1270052 wrote:actually the only school that talked of leaving was FSU

Are they the only ones that explored it and was fsu the only school targeted by the big 12 for expansion? Did anyone know Notre Dame was close to joining the acc until late Tuesday night?

karen lotz;1270099 wrote:Are they the only ones that explored it and was fsu the only school targeted by the big 12 for expansion? Did anyone know Notre Dame was close to joining the acc until late Tuesday night?

So I take it you have inside info that Clemson and Miami were targeted by other conferences? ND didnt save the conference in any way, anyways. They didnt join for football.

Pick6;1270104 wrote:So I take it you have inside info that Clemson and Miami were targeted by other conferences? ND didnt save the conference in any way, anyways. They didnt join for football.

Do you have inside info saying Florida state was the only school of interest for the big 12? Google.com or pay attention when the stuff was talked about.

Did I say save or stabilize? I don't remember. The $50 million exit fee I mentioned that was just put into effect yesterday along with ND's partnership definitely stabilized the conference.

karen lotz;1270099 wrote:Are they the only ones that explored it and was fsu the only school targeted by the big 12 for expansion? Did anyone know Notre Dame was close to joining the acc until late Tuesday night?

fsu talked of leaving for the big 12. clemson denied any talk of leaving. miami did nothing

karen lotz;1270107 wrote:Do you have inside info saying Florida state was the only school of interest for the big 12? Google.com or pay attention when the stuff was talked about.

Did I say save or stabilize? I don't remember. The $50 million exit fee I mentioned that was just put into effect yesterday along with ND's partnership definitely stabilized the conference.

actually i do

KnightRyder;1270108 wrote:fsu talked of leaving for the big 12. clemson denied any talk of leaving. miami did nothing

Clemson denied it? That means they didn't explore it, right? Just like the other schools like pitt and syracuse or Missouri or any number of teams.

If this many people are pissing and moaning about this news, it means ND did the right thing for itself so I'm happy.

KnightRyder;1270110 wrote:actually i do

Haha

vball10set;1269450 wrote:

Haha nice burn. I completely missed it. I tend to ignore most of what Golden Domers have to say

karen lotz;1270112 wrote:Clemson denied it? That means they didn't explore it, right? Just like the other schools like pitt and syracuse or Missouri or any number of teams.

it means it was rumored that clemson was leaving. clemson denied any reports.

karen lotz;1270164 wrote:Haha

thats what i do whenever you post