AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. _ Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick says there is no truth to the rumor the school is in talks with ACC about becoming a full-time member in football.
"Absolutely not true," Swarbrick said Tuesday during the ACC spring meetings. "We love the ACC but we love our relationship the way it is and there hasn't been any discussion."
Rumors of possible informal talks with the league surfaced Monday as ACC spring meetings kicked off at Amelia Island.
Notre Dame joined the ACC in 2014 in all sports except football with the caveat being the team schedule at least five games a season against member schools. The Irish were previously were members of the Big East in all sports except football up until 2013.
The football program has remained fiercely independent thanks to the school's lucrative television contract with NBC. While other schools in conferences negotiate TV agreements and split profits as a group, the Irish work directly with NBC on football coverage agreements and don't split profits with any other school.
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