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1. Yes, ND remains independent in football and continues to partner with NBC.
2. Yes. NBC has told ND that a Big 10 scheduling arrangement with the Big 10 potentially has more viewership than one with the ACC, thus mo money.
3. Possibly. Could be Big 10. Could be Big East (no joke). The football money dwarfs everything else.
4. Uhhhh...maybe...in and of itself, ND can take its football anywhere. They are independent. They ARE a member of the GOR for all other sports. So if ND is going to be able to take other sports elsewhere, and/or actually WANTED to join the Big 10 for football (which Genetics a/k/a @Cane & Able has hinted as being a stronger possibility than most people know), then ND would also want out of the GOR (though any "settlement cost" would be a lot lower for ND than anyone else, as ND did not grant those rights for football).
5. ND is not "free to leave", though that means different things (as stated above). Football is free to play whoever, BUT if they join a conference for football before 2036, it's "supposed to be" the ACC, contractually. So ND might have a THIRD breach/damage situation, over and above "leaving the conference" fee and "breaking the GOR" settlement. As for the rest, it depends on what ND does. If they just stay in the ACC for all other sports, they are fine.
Good stuff, thanks.
Zero sources here, but I just have a feeling that Notre Dame — whether the Irish like it or not — is bound for the Big Ten.
The "one foot in, one foot out" approach to conference membership won't be on the table with either of the top two conferences