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[Dale]

Do you have a link to the exact quote?

I referenced this earlier, but there has already been a lot legislation floating around about completely overhauling college athletics including specifically the media rights issues / conflicts of interest. There are probably a half dozen college sports issues being lobbied about but one of the biggest is that people really don't like the conference "realignment" and how conference/network partner oriented things have become and how that destroyed the PAC12.

At the 52 minute mark

 

[MrNimbus]

This finally led me to delete twitter. The obnoxious amount of botox filled/plastic surgery failure chicks in my feed talking shit about nd not playing in a bowl game finally broke me.

 

[IrishLax]

At the 52 minute mark

After listening to that I'm not sure how I would interpret that. But yes, there is already a lot of momentum behind "regulating" (aka blowing up) the media rights framework for college sports, and he could be alluding to the fact that if you're Disney you might've just made a very wealthy and very influential enemy. Him saying the most powerful people are the ones that cut the checks is true (and it's why the Big 12 and ND were treated how they were) and he sure seems very... careful... with how he phrased that last part.

ETA: If you look at the two major bills that have been circulating, they both attempt to reign in NIL and revenue sharing. One of them also would blow up the current SEC/ESPN love fest by changing how media rights are pooled and packaged to networks. I believe the Big Ten and SEC both oppose that provision right now but like 90%+ of other schools want something like that because of how realignment to chase the almighty dollar has been a disaster. Add ND to the mix with an axe to grind against ESPN and lobby some bi-partisan support and who knows which way this thing goes.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Anyone know what or who Godfrey may be referring to when he said ND could cause a reverb in Washington DC?

Ron DeSantis tweeted his disapproval today, quite the backtrack after he was stumping for Miami for the past week but whatever.

 

[Dale]

From earlier this season:

 

[greyhammer90]

Anyone know what or who Godfrey may be referring to when he said ND could cause a reverb in Washington DC?

Probably wishcasting on my part but I would love nothing more than if this became a "Casino" moment for ESPN's control over the sport. There's a sequence in the movie where the big shot casino manager fires a random employee and finds out later that the guy he fired is actually related to the Gambling Comission Chairman which basically is the beginning of the end for him.

 

[FightingIrishLover7]

What I can’t understand is why the general fan hates that ND isn’t in a conference. The big 10 is taking private equity money and the SEC is full of their bullshit. The conferences have become corporations. Why wouldn’t fans respect and want more independence?

The same mouth breathers that cry for "America first" or "free market capitalism!" Are the ones sucking on the tit of conferences

 

[jprue24]

I fully support ND hanging a banner for '93.

 

[NotKoon]

“Notre Dame was used as a plot device on a reality television show”- Godfrey

 

[FDNYIrish1]

After how these conferences and ESPN/Disney etc have destroyed college football, I find it odd how everyone reacting to ND opting out of a bowl game is the worst thing possible. I actually forgot how much people hate ND outside my little bubble

 

[jprue24]

After listening to that I'm not sure how I would interpret that. But yes, there is already a lot of momentum behind "regulating" (aka blowing up) the media rights framework for college sports, and he could be alluding to the fact that if you're Disney you might've just made a very wealthy and very influential enemy. Him saying the most powerful people are the ones that cut the checks is true (and it's why the Big 12 and ND were treated how they were) and he sure seems very... careful... with how he phrased that last part.

ETA: If you look at the two major bills that have been circulating, they both attempt to reign in NIL and revenue sharing. One of them also would blow up the current SEC/ESPN love fest by changing how media rights are pooled and packaged to networks. I believe the Big Ten and SEC both oppose that provision right now but like 90%+ of other schools want something like that because of how realignment to chase the almighty dollar has been a disaster. Add ND to the mix with an axe to grind against ESPN and lobby some bi-partisan support and who knows which way this thing goes.

It's going to be really hard to have this conversation in a matter of fact way. Not when reality includes the option of only having to convince one person to take up the cause and that person is by nature... transactional.

 

[OrlaNDomer]

After how these conferences and ESPN/Disney etc have destroyed college football, I find it odd how everyone reacting to ND opting out of a bowl game is the worst thing possible. I actually forgot how much people hate ND outside my little bubble

Everybody hates or loves Notre Dame. Other teams say that about themselves but it’s simply not true. Were the Yankees or the Cowboys of CFB. I love it though.

 

[NankerPhelge]

I am just a sickened by the way ND got screwed as is everybody else on this board. I’m glad that the team decided not to go to some chicken shit bowl. Aside from the money considerations that have been discussed here today, this decision reminds me of the Notre Dame I grew up with. I recall the many years when ND simply didn’t go to bowl games because the school didn’t want our student athletes to be distracted during end of semester finals. Didn’t keep us from winning the national championship in 1966, even with the infamous 10-10 tie with Michigan State. Then, the university announced that Notre Dame would play in post-season bowl games but if, and only if, such a game would “substantially increase ND’s chances of winning the national title.” This standard didn’t take very long to devolve into “ND will play in bowl games if it will substantially improve the chances of a higher national ranking.” Then, it didn’t take too long until Notre Dame, like everyone else, would go to damn near any bowl game, so long as there was money to be made. I always thought that kind of cheapened my beloved university and took some luster off of the Dome. I know that a lot has changed since those ancient days when I was a kid and Notre Dame thought that their student athletes’ education took priority over the bowl games all the other teams were playing in, and there is really no going back even if anybody thought that would be a good idea. But, the decision not to scrounge around the proverbial “Toilet Bowl” this year really does hearken back in my mind to the days when ND took the position that if a bowl game wasn’t going to result in a possible national championship, then we didn’t need it. It was one of the things, among many others, that always made Notre Dame unique and special to me from the time I was a little boy watching them on a little black and white TV, and still does even now as an old alumnus. Screw the rinky-dink bowls. ND doesn’t need to cheapen itself. As the saying goes, “illegitimi non carborundum.” Can’t wait till next year.

 

[Rudy89]

I don’t know if people are just blinded by ND hate or if they just buy into whatever ESPN tells them but walking through he pile of shit that is social media is mainly everyone saying that the committee made the right call & we deserve this for our independence. “Join a conference you had this coming” is the prevailing opinion from those people. Don’t know if I should hate them or just feel sorry for them.

 

[Sea Turtle]

They should have let the players cool off for 24 hours before voting.

Pop Tarts Bowl has a 3 million payout per team.

 

[ReesusCrist]

They should have let the players cool off for 24 hours before voting.

Pop Tarts Bowl has a 3 million payout per team.

ND has a $18B endowment. I know about the lack of accessibility of endowment funds and all that, but my point is, ND isn't as desperate for $3M as a lot of universities are. If it was all about the money, we would have joined the B1G or SEC a long time ago, because their per-team revenue distributions are far higher than what ND gets from NBC, ACC, and CFP combined. Principles matter far more to them than relatively modest bowl payouts.

 

[sfk324]

They should have let the players cool off for 24 hours before voting.

Pop Tarts Bowl has a 3 million payout per team.

Who cares? It's a consolation prize for being victimized by a rigged system that treated you with less than zero respect. ND can raise $3 million with one phone call and not have to give ESPN or any of the other dishonest charlatans a lick of the benefit.

 

[Sea Turtle]

This is the same university that vetoed the players vote to go to a warm weather bowl to go to the Pinstripe bowl that paid a little more.

 

[GATTACA!]

I don’t know if people are just blinded by ND hate or if they just buy into whatever ESPN tells them but walking through he pile of shit that is social media is mainly everyone saying that the committee made the right call & we deserve this for our independence. “Join a conference you had this coming” is the prevailing opinion from those people. Don’t know if I should hate them or just feel sorry for them.

The amount of people I've seen complaining about "Norte" Dame not being in a conference is making my brain leak out of my ears and nose.

 

[Bluto]

They should have let the players cool off for 24 hours before voting.

Pop Tarts Bowl has a 3 million payout per team.

Take out transportation, lodging, logistics, ect and the final payout would get you a decent player from the transfer portal. lol.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

Limited by copyright/trademark but it’s a start

 

[sfk324]

One of the most fascinating parts of this entire thing is the number of people who would still get married after finding out, before the wedding, that their fiancee banged a stripper at the bachelorette party.

 

[TracyGraham]

Just curious, joining a conference is just the ultimate pay for play, right? We only do that if we 100% cant find decent teams to schedule, can't get in the playoffs, and cant create our own system, right? All the cash that ND generates, wouldnt we just be sprinkling that on all the so-so regional powers in the conference? That seems absurd. Would assume we would have to get some extreme special treatment to bless all the other conference members.

 

[TracyGraham]

Why would w

I don’t know if people are just blinded by ND hate or if they just buy into whatever ESPN tells them but walking through he pile of shit that is social media is mainly everyone saying that the committee made the right call & we deserve this for our independence. “Join a conference you had this coming” is the prevailing opinion from those people. Don’t know if I should hate them or just feel sorry for them.

Why would people think we should share our worth that ND built with decades of excellence and a massive fanbase, etc., etc with say Rutgers, Maryland or anyone for that matter unless we 100% have to?

 

[T Town Tommy]

Total BS that the Irish was left out. If they aren’t going to put the twelve best teams in then just shut it down.

I was actually shocked when I saw the final rankings. Like WTF…. just blow it up and start over.

 

[T-Boone]

With Ole Miss v Georgia as virtually a guaranteed QF and one of Bama or Sooners going through to the QFs against Indiana there isnt even really a chance of humiliation for the SEC.

 

[Rudy89]

With Ole Miss v Georgia as virtually a guaranteed QF and one of Bama or Sooners going through to the QFs against Indiana there isnt even really a chance of humiliation for the SEC.

Only thing I’m hoping for is UGA is the only sec team that makes it far and OSU takes them out to the woodshed

 

[NDWarrior]

Hell, let's root for OR. I know they have Dinty Moore Stew and Lanning can be an arrogant SOB, but have they even ever won a CFB Championship? Either them or TTU, who cares anyway.

 

[Rudy89]

Hell, let's root for OR. I know they have Dinty Moore Stew and Lanning can be an arrogant SOB, but have they even ever won a CFB Championship? Either them or TTU, who cares anyway.

Now that I think about it I just want Bane to invade every CFP game

 

[Notre Dame Joe]

how did bama not move but BYU did? This sport needs to be burned to the ground

The same reason that the number 7 in the computer average did not make it. Politics.

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