![]() The Irish will open with a true road game for the third time in the last four years. Notre Dame will face UNLV and Marshall for the first time in school history, while its meeting with Cal will be the first between the two schools since 1967. They also will play BYU at Allegiant Field in Las Vegas (home of the Las Vegas Raiders) and Navy at M&T Bank Stadium (home of the Baltimore Ravens). In 2022, the Irish will play road games at Ohio State, North Carolina, Syracuse and Southern Cal. The full University of Notre Dame football schedule for the 2022 season is now official - with a six-game Irish home slate that features games against Marshall, Cal, Stanford, UNLV, Clemson and Boston College. In so doing, the Big Ten has virtually guaranteed that its longing for Notre Dame will remain unrequited for at least the rest of this decade.SOUTH BEND, Ind. In partnering with NBC, the Big Ten delivered Notre Dame the exact kind of economic viability necessary for Fighting Irish football to remain independent. However, the Big 12 has emerged as a strong option to fill NBC's shoulder programming needs. When such a move had been speculated previously, the Big Ten was the conference mentioned most often as a target. Translation: The Big Ten's new partnership with NBC just empowered Notre Dame to charge NBC a higher premium for its exclusive TV rights.ĬBS Sports also previously reported that, during preliminary negotiations of a new TV deal, NBC told Notre Dame it would need quality lead-out college football games to make a $70-plus-million contract profitable for the network:įor NBC to feel comfortable raising Notre Dame's valuation to such a level, it is seeking "shoulder programming" (in this case, games played before and/or after Notre Dame's contests) from a Power Five conference to enhance its college football coverage. Imagine if two of those were replaced by the likes of Michigan and Michigan State, both of whom are historic rivals of Notre Dame that command far greater attention and interest. That could drastically improve the quality of Notre Dame's home slate by way of higher-profile opponents and, consequently, greater viewership.įor example, NBC will broadcast Notre Dame home contests in 2022 that feature lackluster visitors like Marshall, Cal, Stanford, UNLV, and Boston College. Sports Business Journal reports that Notre Dame's next deal with NBC will pay more in part because the Irish and the Big Ten can work together through the network to schedule better games. But actually, the Big Ten's pursuit of Notre Dame has ironically secured the school's football independence for many more years. Many speculated that the Big Ten gaining a mutual business partner with Notre Dame would help the league in luring the Fighting Irish into its ranks. ![]() It was reported last week that the conference was finalizing its new media rights agreement with FOX, CBS, and NBC, the latter two of which will pay $350 million per year. None of this would be possible without the Big Ten going into business with NBC. RELATED: The Big Ten Doesn’t Need Notre Dame Notre Dame earns about $7 million per year by way of its partnership with the ACC, which, when added on to the reported $60 million Sports Business Journal reports the school will get annually in its next deal, would get Notre Dame very close to that $75 million threshold. Sports Business Journal reports that the Fighting Irish can expect that to increase to about $60 million annually when their next deal is signed.ĬBS Sports reported in July that Notre Dame was seeking $75 million per year in media rights revenue, a figure that would ensure the school's football independence remains economically viable. Notre Dame's current exclusive TV rights contract with NBC, which expires in 2025, pays the school $22 million per year.
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