Notre Dame in Talks to be Full ACC Member for Football

[Mavric]

Tim Brando of Fox Sports has reported that Notre Dame is having conversations about joining the Atlantic Coast Conference for football. Already a member in all other sports, the Fighting Irish would become the 15th full-time member if this were to happen.

 

Should the ACC be looking for a 16th, surely the University of Connecticut would be a leading candidate.

 

The conference has already announced plans to launch a television network in 2019, a move which seems to be a necessity to keep up with the NCAA’s other major conferences. Currently, the Big 10, Pac-12, and SEC have their own networks and are slated to rake in massive revenue gains as a result.

 

In a world where cable network revenues are declining, live sports has emerged as the some of the most commercially viable programming out there because of its DVR-proof nature. ESPN’s highly-publicized financial woes shouldn’t affect the ACC network’s development.

 

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[GSG]

Would UConn be for all sports then? That would be huge for the ACC for basketball; both men's and women's

[NUance]

That would strengthen the ACC. Won't be long before the Big 12 is the odd man out, as far as fb conferences are concerned. Or maybe the already are?

[Redux]

This was inevitable. Really shows the character of the ND higher ups. They have had an open Big Ten invitation for YEARS only to semi join the ACC. Why? Look no further than Nebraska since 2011. ND knew they were in a bit of a slump, adding a few ACC teams to their schedule wouldn't make their seasons overly difficult, in fact it has probably helped their record. They weren't willing to forego more years of mediocrity to accomodate football in the Big Ten.

 

Damn shame, a Nebraska vs Notre Dame series would have been incredible.