(11-12-2019, 03:19 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-12-2019, 02:54 PM)JackCity Wrote: No conference that ND would realistically link with is going to let them keep autonomy and allow entrance into the conference game.

That's a good way to remove all meaning to the conference game. Which conference do you think would grant that?

Any of the group of 5 would do it proudly.
It would be a huge ratings and ticket sales boost for that game.
My counting might be off, but I see ND with 5 games scheduled against ACC teams this year.  And I know the ACC has been disappointed by attendance ever since they went neutral site for their championship.  There would be points of negotiation:

• Does ND have to "pay to play" and if so how much?
  
• How high does ND have to be on the colley matrix to trigger it
  
• How much of the ticket revenue does ND get
  
• Where is the conference championship game?
  

One of the 10 will figure out something that's in their mutual interest.

• Does ND have to "pay to play" and if so how much? No.
  
• How high does ND have to be on the colley matrix to trigger it #20 or higher, and higher than the in-conference team they would displace
  
• How much of the ticket revenue does ND get None.  No pay to play, no revenue share.
  
• Where is the conference championship game? Same place it is now, Charlotte
  

(11-12-2019, 03:19 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(11-12-2019, 02:54 PM)JackCity Wrote: No conference that ND would realistically link with is going to let them keep autonomy and allow entrance into the conference game.

That's a good way to remove all meaning to the conference game. Which conference do you think would grant that?

Any of the group of 5 would do it proudly.
It would be a huge ratings and ticket sales boost for that game.
My counting might be off, but I see ND with 5 games scheduled against ACC teams this year.  And I know the ACC has been disappointed by attendance ever since they went neutral site for their championship.  There would be points of negotiation:

• Does ND have to "pay to play" and if so how much?
  
• How high does ND have to be on the colley matrix to trigger it
  
• How much of the ticket revenue does ND get
  
• Where is the conference championship game?
  

One of the 10 will figure out something that's in their mutual interest.

• Does ND have to "pay to play" and if so how much? No.
  
• How high does ND have to be on the colley matrix to trigger it #20 or higher, and higher than the in-conference team they would displace
  
• How much of the ticket revenue does ND get None.  No pay to play, no revenue share.
  
• Where is the conference championship game? Same place it is now, Charlotte