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Message: [QUOTE="TerryD, post: 1222120, member: 3399"] Well, all of the stuff I have seen out of the Big Ten is that the with the BTN, all Big Ten schools make more than $20 million a year for TV. This is before the huge Big Ten contract increase in a couple of years. How much will Big Ten schools make from the new contract? At any rate, the Big Ten schools that are not big draws such as Purdue, Illinois and Indiana make somewhere near $20 million a year by just being in the conference. Nice gig for some. ND doesn't want any part of the Big Ten. ND is locked into the NBC contract for ten years from 2015-25. I have seen reports that it is $18 million a year for that period. The $15 million figure is from the 2010 contract renewal. My point was that it is not a big monetary advantage for ND to be independent. It has other reasons (some not related to sports) for being one. [/QUOTE]