Notre Dame Says They Will Leave The NCAA If Players Get Paid

[ChicosBailBonds]

Oh and Notre Dame needs to join a conference to be a significant player in the College Football Playoff.  As it stands now, they pretty much have to be perfect and that has proved to be difficult.  Now they may not care enough about the playoff to sacrifice independence, and I would understand that decision, but as it stands it is very difficult for them to qualify.

No they don't.   They can adjust their schedule if they wish, they don't NEED to join a conference.  Plenty of ways to skin the cat.  They could have gotten in this year if they won yesterday.   The rest of your paragraph is correct, but it's not like they have no control over their schedule.  They have more control than 99% of teams out there because they are independent. 

[real chili 83]

ND sucks.

Go Stanford!

[GGGG]

Actually it was said....in fact the words were

"And ND can leave all they want.  No one will care."

Then the double down.... "Fine Notre Dame fans would care.  No one else would."

Then the triple down.... Only Notre Dame fans and self loathers like Chicos think that Notre Dame matters that much. If they went away, college football and college athletics would be just fine.

Which were just stupid statements....if no one cared, they wouldn't be in the top 5 for viewership year after year after year after year.

By the way, those words were yours.

And no, college football and athletics would not be "just fine" as there would be other schools that followed suit because they have that kind of pull.


Classic Sultan, says something then pretends he didn't say it.....three times

Hyperbole Chicos.  Look it up.

And no more than a handful other schools would follow Notre Dame - if any. They DON'T have that kind of pull.

[ChicosBailBonds]

And you talk about levels of dishonesty....priceless.

[Benny B]

Why are we arguing about the possible consequences of ND leaving the NCAA? 

Why don't we focus our discussion on ways we can help make this happen and deal with the consequences later?