Do you think that Notre Dame should join the Big Ten or Big East Conference in football? Why?
2006-10-04 12:32:23 · 11 answers · asked by taker_of_souls 5 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
doesn't really matter as long as USC kicks their butt every year. put 'em in the SEC or conference USA for all i care...
2006-10-04 13:34:45 · answer #1 · answered by loveholio 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, Financial questions aside, being an Independent allows Notre Dame the flexibility to schedule games against its many traditional rivals (USC, Michigan, Michigan St., Purdue, Navy, Boston College). It also allows them to play a national schedule which is consistently one of the toughest in the nation. While there are ocassional cupcakes on the schedule, like North Carolina or Nevada, and while Notre Dame would be a good fit for either the Big Ten (geographically, plus many shared rivalries) or the Big East (their home for all other sports), as this year's student section shirt indicates, Notre Dame is all about "Tradition", and they have a tradition of being one of the longest standing (if not the longest) independents in college football.
2006-10-08 10:30:52 · answer #2 · answered by Lmeister 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If ND were to join the Big Ten, they would become just another upper middle of the conference team. The same thing happened to Penn State when they joined the Big Ten.
If ND joins the Big East, they will probably fare better.
I really do not see an advantage to ND joining a conference. They would immediately lose a major piece of revenue, due to being reqiired to share TV revenue with the other schools in a conferenae.
2006-10-04 12:40:32 · answer #3 · answered by The_Village_Idiot 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
They make WAY too much money being an independent. They have a TV contract so they are on TV every week (depending on where you live) because they dont have to split it with anybody else. If they were to join the Big East they wouldnt get to play Michigan and if they joined the Big 10 when would we see the USC rivalry? Just stay independent, TV time = more money = more recruits = better team.
2006-10-04 13:29:54 · answer #4 · answered by Travis S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see them in the big 10, however all of their other sports programs are in the big east. They should not be allowed to split like that. Besides their bowl eligibility can knock another big east team out of a bowl game. Therefore they should be tied to the conference financially.
2006-10-04 12:38:08 · answer #5 · answered by acefra 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only advantage to joining a conference in football is for exposure. Their prestige gives them that, so it's not necessary.
2006-10-05 04:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by attitude29018 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they are already in the Big East in every sport except for football.
2006-10-04 14:13:59 · answer #7 · answered by King Midas 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
big ten because of the geographic location and the strength of the conferance
2006-10-04 13:09:47 · answer #8 · answered by mcbrian2000 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They make more money being independent. For chrissakes, they've got a contract with nbc to televise all their home games, and all their road games are gonna be on espn or abc
2006-10-05 08:48:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They never will they make more money being independant.
2006-10-04 12:35:06 · answer #10 · answered by powerofconviction 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋