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Notre Dame, NBC Extend TV Deal

Posted by srr50 on June 20th, 2008 under Uncategorized

NBC extended its contract for Notre Dame home games through 2015 this week. That means that the Peacock Network and the Fighting Irish will reach 25 years on their agreement.

This despite the Notre Dame games giving NBC the lowest ratings since the network began broadcasting the games. Notre Dame went 3-9 last season, and produced an average of a 1.9 rating and a 5 share.


Charlie Weiss could start this fellow Notre Dame Alum at Quarterback and NBC would still pay to broadcast the games.

Financial details were not revealed, but Notre Dame was getting $9 million a year for six home games each season. The Fighting Irish sweetened the deal to seven home games a season, along with an eighth offsite game played at a neutral stadium. This game is the deal maker for NBC, since it will be played at night. For Notre Dame, its another game in prime time, in an important recruiting area.

 So far, Notre Dame has two of these “neutral” games scheduled and both are in the State of Texas. They will play Washington State in San Antonio in 2009, and then will meet Arizona State in Jerry Jones’ new stadium in Arlington in 2014.

The NBC-Notre Dame pact began in 1991. The last time the Fighting Irish won a bowl game was the 1994 Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M. The Irish have finished the season ranked 10th or higher just three times in the 17 years its home games have been televised on NBC, and have a 59% winning percentage since Lou Holtz left.

NBC insists its about the brand name, and not about the year-to-year results. The new details of the extention obviously point to both sides knowing that the Notre Dame brand name fades with every year of mediocrity and there are new generations of viewers (and recruits) who need to be convinced that the Fighting Irish belong among the elite.

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21 Responses

  1. TTP, Fred said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 6:30 am

    Any word yet on when NBC will officially change its name to NDC?

  2. HenryJames said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 6:43 am

    “Notre Dame is unquestionably one of the premier brands that defines who we at NBC are — things like the Olympics, the NFL, the U.S. Open and Notre Dame.”

    /hate

  3. Austin180 said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 8:01 am

    I hope none of this ND nonsense interferes with any UT games NDC might broadcast.

  4. Spawn of Cthulhu said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 8:35 am

    “The last time the Fighting Irish won a bowl game was the 1994 Cotton Bowl against Texas A&M.”

    A beautiful sentence.

  5. South '06 said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 10:44 am

    Texas didn’t make a bowl that season.

    Not living in the past… just sayin’

  6. HenryJames said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 2:07 pm

    We were poor. But you know what? We were happy.

  7. Bob in Houston said:

    June 20th, 2008 at 2:38 pm

    …and we *liked* it…

  8. Aggie Lurking said:

    June 21st, 2008 at 12:31 pm

    Everybody wins bowls against us. Lately though people can’t seem to beat us on Fridays. I guess that’s why some of our opponents want to play on Thursday now.

  9. The Juggernaut said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 6:24 am

    What the hell is this sh*t? I’m the juggernaut b*tch!!!

  10. sunburnt orange said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 7:06 am

    Don’t worry, I am sure your Aggies will get caught cheating again soon, and we will resume playing on Friday instead of Thanksgiving.

  11. South '06 said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 am

    How are those two things related?

  12. sunburnt orange said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 11:15 am

    The game was moved from Thanksgiving because the Aggies were on probation in 1994 and could not play on TV. We had to play Baylor instead and did not move the game back to Thanksgiving once the Aggies got off probation.

  13. South '06 said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 12:56 pm

    Gotcha, thanks. Learn something new every day.

    On the topic at hand: Notre Dame is insufferable. Charlie Weiss has a fupa. That’s really all I have to say.

  14. Aggie Lurking said:

    June 23rd, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    Typical revisionist bullshit for which many of you are famous for. The 94 game wasn’t moved of of Thanksgiving because we were cheating any more than the ‘89, ‘90 or ‘95 games which weren’t played on Turkey Day (BTW you lost to BAYLOR 50 -7 at home on 11/25/89 – nice going there).Quit whining about your past (blaming it on crap you don’t have a clue about) and celebrate the great years you have been enjoying recently including a NC.Just because we have had a short winning streak don’t try and cloud the fact you sucked in the 80’s. I mean we are talking BAYLOR here not USC,FSU or ND.

  15. flamingmonkeyass said:

    June 24th, 2008 at 2:54 am

    Texas was a dropped punt return away from a NC in ‘83. Unless you’re not counting the early 80’s. But you’re right Texas did have a mostly bad 10 year stretch from 85-97 or so. As an aggie I guess you’ve got that going for you. I mean there were some decent years in there for UT and I don’t remember any fedex boxes full of money popping up; but for the most part a&m was more successful on the gridiron than the Longhorns. Congrats. Hope you got it on VHS.

  16. sunburnt orange said:

    June 24th, 2008 at 5:15 am

    Revisionist? So are you saying A&M was not on probation in 1994 that prevented them from playing in televised games.

    If anyone is qualified to congratulate a Baylor loss, it is an Aggie.

  17. South '06 said:

    June 24th, 2008 at 7:22 am

    Aggie Lurking,

    Quit making us look like assholes. If you wanna get huffy and shit-talk, go to the Rivalries boards on TexAgs or Orangebloods or whatever. I post here to get away from that shit and talk actual football.

  18. Aggie Lurking said:

    June 24th, 2008 at 4:36 pm

    South I didn’t hijack this thread nor start getting “huffy” (sunburnt orange started that). I like the commentary here (such as Taylor TRooms multi part cheating series) which is why I read it. I also like to add an Aggie’s perspective to some of the misperceptions people have. I also have a Mother,a Father and my own business so I really don’t need your advice or opinion about whether you like what I do or don’t say. That being said I’m done with this topic and would like to move on without anymore name calling from you.

  19. HenryJames said:

    June 25th, 2008 at 5:23 am

    You Aggies play nice.

  20. dedfischer said:

    June 25th, 2008 at 5:27 am

    The Brotherhood has indeed reached an all-time low.

  21. Vasherized said:

    June 25th, 2008 at 9:32 am

    He has a family AND is employed. We got us a keeper, H.I.

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