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Message: [QUOTE="Sea Goat, post: 667272, member: 3716"] ND does what best suits ND. There is no room for charity or sentimentalism in college sports - it is too profitable. My original point was that the 26-27 end date must somehow be related to ND's NBC contract termination date (or will be related thereto when it comes up). This is not happenstance. ND has a sweetheart deal with the ACC and it will never join the ACC as a full member while it can enjoy this special treatment. The one caveat is that ND most likely has an "out" if it must join a conference before that date because the playoff system changes and requires conference membership to participate. Then ND will probably be able to survey the landscape and pick the best conference for it's purposes. That may end up being the ACC, but I doubt if there is such a change in circumstances that ND would necessarily be required to do so. [/QUOTE]