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[QUOTE="HtownOrange, post: 1460026, member: 622"]
Did ND play Syracuse, Pitt, USF and UConn (in South Bend)?  Did Rutgers and UConn turn down ND?  Factually correct.  Check their opponents.

You can claim they did not help the BE, that is your opinion and the facts do NOT support your claim.  ND had no legal obligation to play any BE football teams.  Period.  End of story.  That they did play BE football tends to support the claim they did help the football schools.

You are probably correct in stating the BE hoops schools could have pressured ND more.  They apparently didn't or at least didn't apply enough pressure, that is a different issue.

Going forward after the MetLife series, ND will be visiting the Dome.   Not sure what your worry is, unless you have secret info that nobody else has.  If the then Syracuse AD wants to keep playing in NYC, then that will be their decision, but my guess is that it will take a lot more money than ND is willing to share as Syracuse has a guaranteed home and home with ND as part of the ACC deal.  As for 2009, life sucked in the BE, nobody disputes that fact.  Syracuse nearly matched the BE TV deal with each game in NYC, at the time, a very good decision.  Time to move on.

Besides, TGD is no longer running the AD, the marketing plans may shift and if we keep winning, playing every few years in the Pinstripe Bowl will suffice for NYC exposure.
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