Cow Pie Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 423 Content Count: 7,693 Reputation: 35 Days Won: 2 Joined: 09/04/2008 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Perhaps the NBC BEast contract was somehow impinging upon the Notre Dame NBC contract so Notre Dame got pissed and left for the ACC... the funny part is that this move is also a slap in the face of the BIG10 who has been whoring themselves out to the Irish for the past 30 years. This will surely hurt our negotiations and will likely cause us to lose some money... in any event I hope we can get the TV contract inked and the exit fees doubled before the B12, BIG10, or ACC choose to go shopping for new teams again. While this will likely hurt our TV contract negotiations I still see this as a positive because.... wait for it.... we can finally kick the catholic basketball schools out and make this conference into an all-sports conference!!!! Say good-bye Providence, St. Johns, Marquette, and DePaul!! Don't let the door hit you on the way out... We should keep Georgetown and Nova simply because they have football teams that could be upgraded over time, and have good basketball programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 7 Content Count: 2,305 Reputation: 120 Days Won: 6 Joined: 11/29/2010 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Say good-bye Providence, St. Johns, Marquette, and DePaul!! Don't let the door hit you on the way out... We should keep Georgetown and Nova simply because they have football teams that could be upgraded over time, and have good basketball programs. Take Marquette out and Ill agree with you. They dont have a football team but they are an excellent basketball program. They would help us in that regard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullDoug Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 469 Content Count: 4,451 Reputation: 52 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/2001 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This pushes the separation of BE FB and BB schools closer to its breaking point. Now the battle will be for which teams can keep the BE name and contracts and the others that can get an invite to another conference or in a start over conference or fall to CUSA or Sun Belt. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bull Martin Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 148 Content Count: 8,044 Reputation: 228 Days Won: 9 Joined: 12/23/2005 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Perhaps the NBC BEast contract was somehow impinging upon the Notre Dame NBC contract so Notre Dame got pissed and left for the ACC... the funny part is that this move is also a slap in the face of the BIG10 who has been whoring themselves out to the Irish for the past 30 years. This will surely hurt our negotiations and will likely cause us to lose some money... in any event I hope we can get the TV contract inked and the exit fees doubled before the B12, BIG10, or ACC choose to go shopping for new teams again. While this will likely hurt our TV contract negotiations I still see this as a positive because.... wait for it.... we can finally kick the catholic basketball schools out and make this conference into an all-sports conference!!!! Say good-bye Providence, St. Johns, Marquette, and DePaul!! Don't let the door hit you on the way out... We should keep Georgetown and Nova simply because they have football teams that could be upgraded over time, and have good basketball programs. I'd keep Marquette and set Providence on fire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaltLiquorBull Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 96 Content Count: 4,078 Reputation: 1,389 Days Won: 14 Joined: 01/09/2006 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thank you conference re-alignment for screwing up another season. Screw ESPN. Screw the ACC. Screw ND. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPR Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 23 Content Count: 3,042 Reputation: 279 Days Won: 10 Joined: 03/09/2010 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This move isn't a slap to the B10 at all. The only conferences that would take ND without football is the ACC and maybe the B12. If anything, it just makes the ACC look like what they are....the number 5 conference. I'm sure ND gave the B10 this option and they said all-sports or nothing. If anything, it makes the B10 look stronger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,669 Reputation: 10,888 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This hurts the possibility of an NBC contract too. ND will now be on ESPN as an ACC member. Previously they were in line to move with the Big East to NBC for all sports broadcasting. Not sure about that since ACC games are on ESPN and now ND is playing 5 games against the ACC. It may make more room for the Big East on NBC. ND still has a contract with NBC for football, I would assume, so which would take priority? I'm sure that's already worked out, though ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slick1ru2 Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 554 Content Count: 14,411 Reputation: 439 Days Won: 13 Joined: 07/25/2008 Share Posted September 12, 2012 ND vacating NBC can be good for the Big East. Just makes them even more desperate for programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobulls83 Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Member Topic Count: 92 Content Count: 3,475 Reputation: 95 Days Won: 7 Joined: 02/14/2006 Share Posted September 12, 2012 This hurts the possibility of an NBC contract too. ND will now be on ESPN as an ACC member. Previously they were in line to move with the Big East to NBC for all sports broadcasting. Not sure about that since ACC games are on ESPN and now ND is playing 5 games against the ACC. It may make more room for the Big East on NBC. ND still has a contract with NBC for football, I would assume, so which would take priority? I'm sure that's already worked out, though ... If I'm understanding your question correctly, the answer is that NBC broadcasts all Notre Dame home games and no Notre Dame road games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triple B Posted September 12, 2012 Group: Moderator Topic Count: 1,615 Content Count: 74,669 Reputation: 10,888 Days Won: 424 Joined: 11/25/2005 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Perhaps the NBC BEast contract was somehow impinging upon the Notre Dame NBC contract so Notre Dame got pissed and left for the ACC... the funny part is that this move is also a slap in the face of the BIG10 who has been whoring themselves out to the Irish for the past 30 years. This will surely hurt our negotiations and will likely cause us to lose some money... in any event I hope we can get the TV contract inked and the exit fees doubled before the B12, BIG10, or ACC choose to go shopping for new teams again. While this will likely hurt our TV contract negotiations I still see this as a positive because.... wait for it.... we can finally kick the catholic basketball schools out and make this conference into an all-sports conference!!!! Say good-bye Providence, St. Johns, Marquette, and DePaul!! Don't let the door hit you on the way out... We should keep Georgetown and Nova simply because they have football teams that could be upgraded over time, and have good basketball programs. The only real overall positive this new cluster**** of a conference has is on the basketball side. Take the hoops schools out and then you are 100% the peer of CUSA and the SunBelt ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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