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“What does (Notre Dame) have to do for someone in this conference to get ****ed off?” an ACC coach told USA TODAY Sports earlier this week during the league’s annual spring meetings."
"We now know, unequivocally, what Notre Dame can do: Insult the ACC, and blame the conference for the Irish not being selected to the College Football Playoff in 2025.
It can have athletic director Pete Bevacqua declare five months ago there is “permanent damage to the relationship between Notre Dame and the conference” — then stroll the halls of the swanky Ritz-Carlton resort this week and reaffirm a relationship that’s “incredibly strong.”
"... the ACC doesn’t take punitive action for behavior unbecoming a league member, or that endangers the good standing of the conference. The same, basic don’t-say-anything-stupid deal every FBS conference tells every member institution. "
The way Notre Dame sees it, if anyone is getting a deal in this marriage, it's the ACC.
In exchange for Notre Dame — in its infinite grace, no less — allowing the ACC to give the Irish five football games, the Irish will bless the ACC with its conference presence (see: affiliation) in Olympic sports. Notre Dame, you see, is allowing the ACC access to its orbit, and who wouldn't want that.
- an excerpt from article by Matt Hayes, USA Today
