Many have questioned the negativity toward Kevin White during this tenure at Notre Dame, but yesterday on WRAL, White confirmed why he was never a good fit. Yesterday's interview gave us the clearest understanding of White's mindset at the negotiating table when he referred to Notre Dame as a "junior partner" in BCS negotiations. Which is why Notre Dame needs to consider strong leader for the next Athletic Director as covered in Character, Credibility and Courage. When Kevin White came to Notre Dame the Irish were receiving a first tier BCS payout. By the time Kevin White Left, Notre Dame had agreed to a wildly reduced BCS payout with a minimal yearly guarantee. Here's a portion of his transcribed interview from NCIrish on Rock's House.
“I've been at that table for 8 years. I can tell you that there was not a lot of support for the Plus 1. My previous institution was pretty open minded, much more so than I had ever articulated in the national media. We were going to do what was best for college football. And kind of being in a minority, or junior partner to that thing, we were a conference of one and knew, had a pretty good sense of the impact we had and the juice we had in those conversations but in the same time we were pretty open minded. So then the SEC expressed strong interest. The ACC expressed a fair amount of interest through John. And Notre Dame was willing to look pretty hard at the Plus 1 but there wasn't any interest anywhere else. And so, that was just a non-starter. Back to the contract, the contract will be negotiated in September. My guess is that, for the next 8 years, no Plus 1.”
As a reminder, here's what the Dookies have to look forward to on the marketing side and here's one on the negotiating side.
Best of luck, Kevin.
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