Wow ND to the ACC! Now what for the BE?

[Bulls1181]

SportsCenter â€@SportsCenter

Sources: Notre Dame will join ACC as full member w/exception of football. ND will play 5 football games annually vs. ACC (via @McMurphyESPN)

[theman123]

****.

[South_Florida_Flip]

Per McMurphy on twitter

[Bulls1181]

Brett McMurphy â€@McMurphyESPN

Notre Dame will join ACC as soon as it exits Big East. BE requires 27 months notice, but Irish could negotiate earlier exit

[CPR]

I know people will say, "Good, who needs them, it doesn't matter," but this is a big deal with tv negotiations starting and with conference realignment and shuffling. Horrible news for the NBE.

[DC]

I know people will say, "Good, who needs them, it doesn't matter," but this is a big deal with tv negotiations starting and with conference realignment and shuffling. Horrible news for the NBE.

Good timing for ESPN to broker this deal. We're still in the exclusive negotiating window with them, so this makes our conference less valuable, therefore they will low-ball us even more.

[Skingraft]

JVWVU nailed it..... The best we can hope from this is that ESPN continues to devalue the BE and USF is a part of the invites to ACC or Big 12. Key word, HOPE

[South_Florida_Flip]

I know people will say, "Good, who needs them, it doesn't matter," but this is a big deal with tv negotiations starting and with conference realignment and shuffling. Horrible news for the NBE.

Good timing for ESPN to broker this deal. We're still in the exclusive negotiating window with them, so this makes our conference less valuable, therefore they will low-ball us even more.

I wouldn't be surprised if more teams would be on the move

[slbpsi63]

I think their AD has sour grapes over not being selected as Commish?

[CPR]

Say goodbye to a possible ND/BE Orange Bowl tie in.