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<blockquote data-quote="Buckaineer" data-source="post: 132082404" data-attributes="member: 1428007">I think Notre Dame does not want to join a conference but does want to remain relevant in major college athletics.&nbsp; Keeping a lucrative NBC sports deal allows them both financials to compete as well as independence.&nbsp; NBC needs a P5 conferences sports to make it worthwhile for them and build their CFB audience.&nbsp; The ACC is locked up through 2036 at least contractually, plus ND knows schools are leaving As soon as possible.&nbsp; Same in the PAC— already down to 10 schools with others leaving and they only get you a sketchy west coast audience anyway.&nbsp; The BIG 12 is stabilized, has teams from the northeast to southeast to Midwest to plains through Texas and&nbsp; out as far as Utah- all time zones covered= value.&nbsp; Can also add PAC schools too.Media revenue from NBC would be a good thing for the BIG 12 and you don’t admit ND into your conference,&nbsp; but who knows maybe ND would want to be part of the best basketball league.&nbsp; ND added some value to the ACC so any added value wouldn’t be bad.Don’t see all BIG 12 content going to NBC but probably not necessary and maybe there could be a couple of ND games vs BIG 12 schools to replace ie the ratings from losing OU.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buckaineer, post: 132082404, member: 1428007"] I think Notre Dame does not want to join a conference but does want to remain relevant in major college athletics. Keeping a lucrative NBC sports deal allows them both financials to compete as well as independence. NBC needs a P5 conferences sports to make it worthwhile for them and build their CFB audience. The ACC is locked up through 2036 at least contractually, plus ND knows schools are leaving As soon as possible. Same in the PAC— already down to 10 schools with others leaving and they only get you a sketchy west coast audience anyway. The BIG 12 is stabilized, has teams from the northeast to southeast to Midwest to plains through Texas and out as far as Utah- all time zones covered= value. Can also add PAC schools too. Media revenue from NBC would be a good thing for the BIG 12 and you don’t admit ND into your conference, but who knows maybe ND would want to be part of the best basketball league. ND added some value to the ACC so any added value wouldn’t be bad. Don’t see all BIG 12 content going to NBC but probably not necessary and maybe there could be a couple of ND games vs BIG 12 schools to replace ie the ratings from losing OU. [/QUOTE]

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