Will Notre Dame join the Big Ten? I don’t think so
Notre Dame has been mentioned among the schools to join the Big Ten as a possible 12th team.
Although in the ESPN article athletic director Jeff Swarbrick said “Our strong preference is to remain the way we are,” Swarbrick said, according to the report. “Independence is a big part of the tradition of the program and our identity. We’d sure like to try to maintain it.”
According to the ESPN article, “Big Ten schools receive about $20 million a year in TV and radio rights fees, according to the report.” Even though Notre Dame makes only 9 million in their contract with NBC, other reasons stop Notre Dame from joining a conference.
Notre Dame has a tradition of great rivalries including USC, Boston College and Michigan. Although some of the teams they play are already in the Big Ten, it wouldn’t allow the Irish to wiggle around and play different teams every year.
Many Irish fans would like to see them stick with the usual set of teams they play from various conferences and have the ability to add different teams on to their schedule. Overall, a move to the Big Ten would not sit well with much of the Irish faithful.
Tags: Big ten, boston college, ESPN, michigan, Swarbrick, USC
December 17th, 2009 at 9:44 pm
the real reason they don’t want to join is so they can keep playing chump teams like navy (who they still lose to). looked some stuff up and against the big 10 notre dame went 9-9 under weis (5-8 if you take out the games against purdue) 5-4 under willingham and 4-8 with bob davie. the real reason they don’t want to join is because for some reason they think they are still an elite program, far from the truth, and their mediocrity would just be highlighted with a sub .500 performances year after year in a real conference.
March 20th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
i was beginning to suppose i could possibly be the only woman / man who cared about this, at least now i understand i’m not crazy
i am going to make it a point to find out more about various different threads just after i get my morning caffeine in me, it is problematic to read without my coffee, I was until the wee hours of the morning last night practicing myspace poker and after having a few brewskies i ended up getting rid of all my facebook poker chips take care 