This year has to be seen as a one off
by fontoknow (2020-08-01 15:05:24)

In reply to: I see two paths to ND-Navy this year  posted by fortune_smith

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I don't think we will have a ton of possible opponents for the 11 game.

If we want to play that game, we are going to give up something.

Maybe NAVY would just play us for few million dollars without any consideration next year.

Agree, this year is really about
by TWO  (2020-08-01 16:33:19)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

money aside, do Navy and Notre Dame want to play.

Of course ND could ask for an exception from the ACC, but I doubt if they would grant it as it would open the door for others to ask for the same treatment.

“Money Aside” is the Easter Bunny’s cousin *
by fortune_smith  (2020-08-01 18:35:12)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

FWIW, if we don't play Navy but get to the ACC title game,
by G.K.Chesterton  (2020-08-01 15:21:43)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

we'll still have 11 games before any bowl games. I agree on the one-off view. These are very unusual times.

Edit: subject changed to fix spelling.
The right price for getting Navy to come is a modest price
by fortune_smith  (2020-08-01 15:55:29)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

I can see covering Navy’s costs to come to South Bend and maybe paying them another quarter-to-half million on top of that.

I can’t see paying multiple millions to get Navy to come in lieu of giving up a future home game. As it is, most of the rest of the P5 will only be playing ten games, so an 11th game this season shouldn’t be regarded as an entitlement. We certainly shouldn’t spend several million dollars to obtain an 11th game.

Giving up a ‘21 home game to get Navy to come to Rock’s House this year wouldn’t be terribly different to having Toledo — hey, it’s a short drive — offer to come play in our empty stadium this year in exchange for moving our home game next year to the Glass Bowl or Cleveland. We wouldn’t even consider that. Of course, there’s far more history to the Navy series .....

I believe that some of the P5 conferences have given up their home-weighted non-conference schedules so willingly more because they don’t want to pay “buy-game” guarantees in empty stadia than out of putting health concerns and consistent protocols first-and-foremost.