Thanks, TerryD, that clarifies things for me.
You guys are obviously more well-informed than I, so I'll be more careful how I discuss this in the future. CFP access does clearly matter to ND, if conference membership becomes a requirement to make the CFP. I didn't mean to imply that in that instance, Notre Dame would STILL remain independent -- that would just be silly.
The comment about a broadcast partner is also interesting, but note that Swarbrick doesn't mention money in that statement -- he says "a broadcast partner who wanted to support us and allow us to use football to promote the university as independent." He is saying that the NBC relationship is more about promotion of ND than it is the money.
Good stuff, thanks.
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