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[QUOTE="ForCuseSake, post: 3918330, member: 266"]
I agree 100% with everything you said about ND decision making and how it should evaluate its options going forward.

Where I think ND fans miss the mark on other ACC school fans is the circular logic loop I will attempt to demonstrate:

ACC School Fan: "ND is a parasite that should do right by the conference and join all or nothing.  It would make us more stable and increase each school's media revenue including ND's."***

ND Fan: "It's not about money for Notre Dame, it's about maintaining our independent status."

ACC Fan: "Keeping the status quo will erode the stability of the ACC and could ultimately kill the conference."

ND Fan: "If that happens and we're forced to give up independence we will be sure to sell out to the highest bidder so why should we do it now?"

ACC Fan: "I thought it wasn't all about the money for you."

ND Fan: "It isn't...until we're forced to make it so."

*** I don't agree that ND is a parasite, acts in bad faith or any other negative assessment of the institution's business decisions.

It seems a little disingenuous for a Catholic institution to tell its partners, "Hey guys, we've decided we can't support building something with you now because it's guaranteed to be less profitable than what we stand to make in the future."
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