[NCAA] 蒼天已死 黃天當立
Notre Dame joins ACC
原文: http://tinyurl.com/96wkgw6 (ESPN.com)
Notre Dame will join the Atlantic Coast Conference as a full member with the
exception of football, but will play five football games annually against ACC
teams.
"We have monitored the changing conference landscape for many months and have
concluded that moving to the ACC is the best course of action for us," said
Jack Swarbrick, Notre Dame vice president and director of athletics, in a
statement released by the conference. "We are able to maintain our historic
independence in football, join in the ACC's non-BCS bowl package, and provide a
new and extremely competitive home for our other sports."
The ACC officially welcomed Notre Dame to the conference during a news
conference Wednesday afternoon in Chapel Hill, N.C. ESPN's Brett McMurphy was
first to report the move.
Notre Dame is not expected to leave the Big East for the ACC until at least
2014, a source told ESPN's Joe Schad.
Big East associate commissioner John Paquette told ESPN.com that Notre Dame
must pay the conference a $5 million exit fee and provide 27 months' notice
before leaving. The fee would be significantly lower than those paid by
Pittsburgh and Syracuse, which both negotiated $7.5 million settlements to
leave the Big East and will join the ACC in July 2013.
But the source told Schad that the Fighting Irish hope to expedite their exit
from the Big East and join the ACC earlier than the 27-month moratorium, due to
the precedent established by Pittsburgh and Syracuse.
"The University of the Notre Dame has informed us that it is joining the
Atlantic Coast Conference in all sports other than football," Big East
commissioner Mike Aresco said in a statement. "Notre Dame has been a valued
member of the Big East Conference and we wish them success in the future.
"However, Notre Dame's departure does not change our plans. We have prestigious
institutions that are excited to be a part of the Big East. We remain committed
to making the Big East stronger than it has ever been."
"The ACC was founded on the cornerstones of balancing academics, athletics and
integrity," said ACC commissioner John Swofford in the statement. "Our
partnership with Notre Dame only strengthens this long-standing commitment."
The commitment to five ACC games in football likely will mean some changes for
the Irish's football schedule.
Notre Dame expects to continue to play USC, Stanford and Navy, but its
traditional games against Big Ten opponents Michigan, Michigan State and Purdue
are in jeopardy, a source told Schad. The source said that the Fighting Irish's
planned series with Texas still likely will be played.
Next year, Pittsburgh would be the only ACC team on the schedule, which
includes games against Temple, BYU, Arizona State and Air Force.
Revenues from the ACC television deal with ESPN are likely to increase to as
much as $18 million per school, just behind the $20 million deal per school the
Big 12 just signed. Sources told ESPN.com's Darren Rovell that the Notre Dame
football TV deal with NBC is worth around $15 million per year.
Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey texted ESPN.com's Andy Katz, saying
"we're going," and adding that while no timetable has been established for the
move, he is excited about the challenge.
In February, the ACC announced divisions for a 14-team basketball league, but
it will now have to accommodate a 15th team. However, the league does not plan
to expand to include a 16th school, multiple sources told McMurphy.
The ACC does not offer hockey, so it is presumed that Notre Dame will go
through with its planned move to Hockey East in that sport.
Along with inviting Notre Dame, the ACC also says it has increased its exit
fees for the conference's schools to three times the annual operation budget --
which would currently come to more than $50 million.
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