further move until Notre Dame tells them “absolutely not.” Notre Dame isn’t going to do anything until their TV deal is up for negotiation, which happens to coincide with when the Big12 deal is up for negotiation. Meanwhile, there is talk that NBC might want the Big12 to shoulder their next deal with Notre Dame.

It might be that since the PAC’s deal will be up before Notre Dame likely makes up its mind, that time will run out on the PAC and they’ll die just in time to put together the expanded Big12 & Notre Dame’s deals.