Notre Dame and the BCS: The “Notre Dame Rule”

1. earn less money after conference bowl distributions than BCS teams
2. increase BCS TV ratings and revenue, making the BCS more attractive
3. sell more tickets and bring in more revenue to cities than some BCS conference champions
4. earn the BCS two-thirds of its payout

Despite these facts, a few Irish trashers may keep shovelling the idea that the BCS contract provisions favor Notre Dame in some sinister way.

With the '06-'10 BCS contract, bowl revenue increased by 13 percent in 2006 from 2005.  Of the $16.7 million increase, $13.5 million (80 percent) went to BCS conferences.  (Television revenue increased only $4 million.) 

Since then, bowl revenue has increased annually only by a minimal 2.2 percent and 1.6 percent. Restructuring the BCS contract, including the “Notre Dame Rule”, certainly benefited BCS teams.

For those who want the Irish out of the BCS, be careful what you wish for.

Who really benefits the most from Notre Dame’s involvement in the BCS?

Furthermore

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