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[QUOTE="btstimpy, post: 667302, member: 2673"]
ND has already helped the ACC.  They have helped the ACC upgrade the ACC's bowl partner list.  They have helped in making FSU happy and getting the GOR in place.  The 3 ND football games in even years and 2 ND football games in odd years has added $1.5 million per year to each school.  The GOR has added $2 million per year more to each school.  ND being a nationally recognized brand makes an ACC Network more likely. 
 
The only negative I see, and I hope it is only temporary, is that without fully joining in football, ND has the ACC in a holding pattern with 15 members in all sports and 14 in football.   A 14 member league creates scheduling difficulty when it comes to playing the schools in the opposite division when you only have 8 games and a designated crossover.  It will take 12 years to see the other teams at your home stadium.  I don't like this.  16 members is much better.  But if ND is to be one of the 16, the ACC has to sit in a holding pattern waiting on them.   We'll do it for a while, but I don't like this longer term.  If we go ahead and add 2 other schools, then we'll have to go to 20 eventually if ND decides to join.
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