For 31 seasons, the Notre Dame Fighting Irish have been the exclusive major college football team on NBC. In 1991, one of the most unique broadcast deals in sports history began with NBC having exclusive home rights to Notre Dame football games. While the network has done a small handful of other college football products throughout these past three decades (IVY, Gator Bowl, and HBCU), everyone knows that Notre Dame and NBC are basically married.
But that might change.
It’s being reported by Front Office Sports that NBC is going to “make a run” to get the Big 10 media rights — effectively changing the entire dynamic of Notre Dame on NBC.