Notre Dame seeking $75m annual payout to remain independent - Big 12 emerging as tv partner in said negotiations

ND seeking $75m tv rights deal for football to remain independent

Notre Dame would remain independent if it can earn at least $75 million annually in media rights revenue from current broadcast partner NBC, sources told CBS Sports. The Fighting Irish's deal with the network is set to expire in 2025.

For NBC to feel comfortable raising Notre Dame's valuation to such a level, it is seeking "shoulder programming" (in this case, games played before and/or after Notre Dame's contests) from a Power Five conference to enhance its college football coverage.

When such a move had been speculated previously, the Big Ten was the conference mentioned most often as a target. However, the Big 12 has emerged as a strong option to fill NBC's shoulder programming needs.

Emphasis mine.

Should this go through, ND will be making substantially more money per year than any ACC school and there would be no hope of them ever joining the conference. Even moreso than that, it would be interesting to see if such a partnership with the Big 12 would violate the nature of the ACC Grant of Rights which says that ND must join the ACC if they were to affiliate with a conference in football.

Definitely curious, and definitely worth keeping your eye on. Such a move very well could hasten the dissolution of the ACC as a whole, as it would eliminate any remaining feasible path to remain financially competitive with the SEC and BigTen.

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