The Notre Dame Fighting Irish played their first ever football game on the USA Network this past fall when the too on the South Florida Bulls in a 52-0 win. It was a fun little week as many of joked around about “Characters Welcome” and other such things. Seeing the news today... there may be more of that in the future.
According to Sports Business Journal’s John Ourand, NBC plans on shutting down NBCSN by the end of the year.
Notre Dame football has that famed contract with NBC that stretches back to the 1991 season, which makes it basically a part of the institution rather than just another media outlet.