You are (probably on purpose) vastly overstating the ACC’s position. ND can leave it’s media rights FOR HOOPS with the ACC and neither ND nor the Big Ten would give a rat’s behind. The ACC doesn’t have a GOR for Notre Dame football, which is the only right that is material in the context of a leave or stay decision.
What this would look like is kind of interesting. The GOR grants rights but doesn’t lock you into a series of opponents, so, theoretically you would have the ACC and ESPN having the broadcast rights for Big Ten teams who are playing away games at Notre Dame. Do they broadcast them? Would existing ACC teams become angry or feel slighted if their games are not being broadcast but a member of another conference games are? If ESPN fails to broadcast them, is that a breach of duty? Is it bad faith? Perhaps frustration of purpose?
So, let's play the worst case scenario as best we outsiders can.... let's say the Irish would pay an approximate $50m exit fee and then ~ $10m per years left until 2036 for their non-football GOR? Let's say they leave in 2024 - that'd be 12 years left for a total of $120m plus the $50m exit fee for a worst case total of $170. Via settlement talks, the Irish get it down to $125m (at a 25% reduction). If the Irish can go from their current NBC dollars to a BIG annual payout of around $50m (that's conservative given what the BIG is adding in USC/UCLA and for the fact that Notre Dame is about as additive a program as there is, and that the BIG is likely to add additional additive programs either or both from the Pac and ACC in the coming years) they can hit the break even in a handful of years and the sooner they leave the quicker they reach payback. Kind of a no brainer in terms of dollars, but as we all know the Irish don't make every decision based on dollars alone.
ND already has a B1G10 tradition of playing Purdue, Michigan, Northwestern and MSU- they are all less than 3 hour drive from South Bend
Where is the University of Syracuse on the list ?
Very true Billy but you must realize that this includes you.
No. They never promised to join the ACC. Not joining the ACC isn’t the breach. The breach is joining the Big Ten versus staying football independent.
FSU has a huge following and puts up very strong national ratings. They just need to get back on track. Norvell will win there.
Syracuse is #60 out of 69.
Notre Dame would just keep doing what it does and ESPN with either choose to broadcast its games or it wouldn’t. As you point out, though, the value of a mediate contract is almost exclusively the value of the football games. So Notre Dame would actually be better off in the Big Ten giving up at basketball an Olympic sports rights then station in the ACC. Remember the grant of rights is only a grant of the right to broadcast home games. As far as other teams are concerned, it doesn’t impact them all that much.
I believe their attendance has dropped every year for like 20 straight years. That’s a trend. FAU football is a big sell.
No real natural market? They’re the #2 state university in a state of 24 million people. You don’t think that fans from all over Florida watch FSU?
Jeez....nope...the contract says they would not join another conference other than the ACC (you can call that provision a promise if that suits you)...it is a breach if they do.
Can you dig out what the termination clause reads?
Yes, but for some reason you claim to filly know the terms of this agreement.