Why is NBC in Love With Notre Dame?
Face it, there is no logical explanation for why NBC just re-upped its television contract with Notre Dame. Of course, people want to see the Fighting Irish lose, but not every freakin’ Saturday.
NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol said the network doesn’t look at year-to-year results when it comes to Notre Dame, calling the football program a premier brand that defines the network as much as the Olympics, the NFL and the U.S. Open golf championship.
“We’re big believers in how Notre Dame time and time again over all these generations has maintained its strength,” he said. “I don’t see that going away.”
So what you’re saying is, Notre Dame football in all of its non-recruiting, non-entertaining glory, has the same impact as a global athletic competition, the country’s most popular sport, and a golf tournament that just made Tiger Woods even more legendary than he already is?
Is this for real?
As for its strength going away, here’s a couple of things that have more strength than Notre Dame football. Zen in Powerball, a Bud Light, and a grape in a food fight.
Hopefully, advertisers are open to the fact that no one cares about Notre Dame football unless a.) College GameDay is canceled due to a flood, b.) ABC is not featuring a USC game, or c.) The entire SEC has a simultaneous bye week.
But hey, maybe Charlie Weis is just that handsome.
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Lest Notre Dame be forced to join *cough* a conference and be a mere mortal like everyone else.
I smell a whatever Notre Dame’s equivalent of Skull & Bones conspiracy.
You are both morons
Ed, I completely agree.
Dear Ed & John,
Guilty as charged……
Calling detractors names is usually response #2 in Touchdown Jesus’ Bible of Defending the Principles of Notre Dame Football. You can pick up used copies on Amazon for a buck ninety-five.
Personally, I would have gone with the chapter on response #1, ‘How to recount Notre Dame tradition steeped tales of yore.’
Of course, you can’t go wrong with the chapter on response #3, ‘Our academics are better than yours since we are in the business of producing men and not winning teams in the modern collegiate football era.’