Notre Dame to ACC (except Football)

[boksooner]

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/8369070/sources-notre-dame-football-acc

Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference as a full member with the exception of football, but will play five football games annually against ACC teams, industry sources told ESPN's Brett McMurphy.

The Irish will join the ACC as soon as it can exit the Big East.

The Big East currently requires members to provide 27 months notice to exit although West Virginia, Pittsburgh and Syracuse were able to leave earlier by paying a higher exit fee.

 

[WTSooner]

How long before the Big East falls apart?

 

[campbest]

How long before the Big East falls apart?

It's going to become a basketball only conference.

 

[Soonercuda]

It's going to become a basketball only conference.

Interestingly that is what it was initially created to be.

 

[tycat947]

Poor Houston, poor SMU, poor Boise, poor etc, etc!

 

[AdaSooner]

Good for the Irish! I don't really care where they land, as long as it's not in the Big 12. An all in Notre Dame would have been bad enough. A half-baked deal like the one they cut with the ACC would have been a disaster.

 

[Sawyer]

Does the Big 12/SEC champions bowl have a requirement that both conferences have a CCG? I've read that it does, but I can't find anything official.

If it does, that would require the Big 12 to eventually get back to 12 teams, and the Notre Dame move could make that more difficult. Not because Notre Dame as a full member was ever a real option, but because it might strengthen the ACC and make poaching from them more difficult (buried in that article was a bit about the ACC also increasing exit fees substantially).

 

[TheGimper]

The ACC increased their exit fee to $50 million. Only two schools voted against Florida State and Maryland.

 

[Sawyer]

The ACC increased their exit fee to $50 million. Only two schools voted against Florida State and Maryland.

$50 million now, but as I read it that number will continue to go up (three times operating expense, whatever that means... I assume that number isn't static, though).

I'm pretty sure no one has ever had to pay the full exit penalties, so maybe this doesn't mean anything.

 

[Ham]

That Champions Bowl requirement evidently only exists in the ether of rumors and speculations. But actually I hope it is true. Not having a CCG is going to cost us one year.

Also, prior in the thread...Big East football is unchanged from 2 days ago. It's not going anywhere. It's still in a race with the MW and C-USA for the best medicore conference.

I was always for adding BYU and Louisville. People act like there is a big difference between WVU and Louisville...or TCU and BYU. There isn't. I think BYU is a no-brainer. Add them in football only - so the 'not playing on sunday' doesn't affect other sports. Add Louisville in everything. If there were better options, I'd be talking about them.

But actually on the subject of 'better options' some people think the ACC exit penalty doesn't go into effect immediately. So maybe there is a window...NAH. It's not happening.

 

[Sawyer]

That Champions Bowl requirement evidently only exists in the ether of rumors and speculations. But actually I hope it is true. Not having a CCG is going to cost us one year.

Also, prior in the thread...Big East football is unchanged from 2 days ago. It's not going anywhere. It's still in a race with the MW and C-USA for the best medicore conference.

I was always for adding BYU and Louisville. People act like there is a big difference between WVU and Louisville...or TCU and BYU. There isn't. I think BYU is a no-brainer. Add them in football only - so the 'not playing on sunday' doesn't affect other sports. Add Louisville in everything. If there were better options, I'd be talking about them.

But actually on the subject of 'better options' some people think the ACC exit penalty doesn't go into effect immediately. So maybe there is a window...NAH. It's not happening.

How often are games played on Sundays now? I don't remember it happening too often.

I agree that BYU and Louisville are no worse than TCU and WVU (BYU, with their national following, might actually be the best financial addition). I don't think any of the four are/were great additions in the first place (financially speaking), but if you're going to argue that TCU/WVU were good moves, I don't see how Louisville and BYU would be any different.

Athletically, that's a competitive 12-team conference.

 

[WTSooner]

I think the BYU ship has sailed.

I say make one more run at any ACC teams we want, and if not, grab Louisville and Cincinnati and call it a day.

 

[boksooner]

The BYU issue was related to non-football sports playing on Sundays. Going football only alleviates that issue. I think BYU wants to see if they fail at independence before they join a conference.

 

[campbest]

$50 million now, but as I read it that number will continue to go up (three times operating expense, whatever that means... I assume that number isn't static, though).

I'm pretty sure no one has ever had to pay the full exit penalties, so maybe this doesn't mean anything.

Those financial terms are tough for Mizzou grads, I know.

 

[seniorsooner]

Louisville & Rutgers

 

[Sawyer]

Those financial terms are tough for Mizzou grads, I know.

Whose operating expenses?

How are they determined, and how often does that change?

And why must you be a dick?

 

[boksooner]

Whose operating expenses?

How are they determined, and how often does that change?

And why must you be a dick?

I believe it is 3 times the conference operating budget.