I heard from a source here which I'd call exceptionally reliable, that
the talks about ND joining the Big Ten revolve around their not getting
another TV contract comperable to the current NBC contract. The upshot of
what I was told is that it is currently being assumed that ND won't manage
another TV contract like what it has now. It would in 2001 join the Big
Ten in all sports (hockey being a unknown issue at this point) and would
get certain accomedations with regard to TV, schedule, and marketing
control. IE: They get to keep all money generated by their own
goods and such. Of course that flies out a window if somehow they win a
national title or develop into a viable property that would draw another
TV contract. Extending thinking is that the Big East is more spread out
than the Big Ten, they'd save money in their non-revenue sports that way.
Likewise playing the Big Ten in other sports would be more of a draw in
basketball and such. And lastly, if the hype over playing Mich. just once
a year was great, imagine the hype and attention over ND playing Mich.
MSU, OSU, Penn State, Purdue, among other EVERY year, plus USC and other
in non-conference games. I suspect their TV accomedation would revolve
around their brinning more attention and more of a national audience to
their football ratings than they can get otherwise.
I'm neither a Big Ten or a ND fan so I really don't care. But it makes
sounds logical to me, and given who told me, I have zero reason not to
believe it to be true.
Nathan W.L. Boyle
BGSU
On Thu, 26 Mar
1998, Tuschen, Terry wrote:
> Hi Anthony, your take on it is like mine. And after thinking about it,
> it seems to me that Jeff Sauer brought the subject up because if Notre
> Dame joins the Big10, then that conference would be activated for D1
> hockey.
>
> Outside of hockey, I am not sure either if I want ND to join the league
> either. I guess it would be fun to beat ND in football, but Wisconsin
> and Notre Dame seem to be renewing their rivalry anyway, at least in the
> near future, so who knows.
>
> >----------
> >From: Anthony Frolik[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:31 AM
> >To: Tuschen, Terry
> >Cc: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Big Ten Hockey
> >
> >On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Tuschen, Terry wrote:
> >
> >> UW coach Jeff Sauer addressed this issue a while back on his radio
> >> show.. Confirmed that there are already "preliminary", I think he said
> >> very preliminary talks between the Big(11)Ten and Notre Dame for joining
> >> the Big Ten conference. This move is more of a basketball and other
> >> sports move, but hockey would be affected.
> >>
> >> If this were to occur, would the conference be activated for hockey?
> >>
> >
> >As I understand it now, if a sport has 6 or more teams involved in it at
> >the D-I level, then they have to compete as the Big 10. Obviously ND
> >would put it at 6, but would they change the requirement if there were 12
> >teams in the league and not 11? Was the goal of the requirement over
> >half the teams participating, or just 6?
> >
> >Also, who knows if Penn State is ever going to move their program to D-I,
> >and doesn't Illinois have a club team, too? Maybe if ND joined the
> >league, (personally, I hope they don't) and there was a Big 10 conference
> >for hockey, the schools with club teams would consider moving to D-I.
> >
> >Can anyone help me with this:
> >
> >School Hockey Program
> >Minnesota D-I
> >Wisconsin D-I
> >Michigan D-I
> >Michigan State D-I
> >Ohio State D-I
> >Penn State ACHA
> >Illinois ACHA???
> >Indiana ?????
> >Purdue ?????
> >Northwestern ?????
> >Iowa ?????
> >
> >Tony
> >
> >
> >
>
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