If you look at the original post of the sub-thread, then you will someone reported that the Big Ten may be guilty of "encouraging" its (Big Ten) members to not schedule future games against Notre Dame in football. The subdiscussion is on that topic including the legality of the behavior and potential challenges Notre Dame could have if it decided to pursue the matter further in the courts. IF the Big Ten schools decide (as a group) to stop scheduling OOC games against Notre Dame for whatever reason, then there isn't much Notre Dame could do to prevent it because it takes 2 to tango. So in that regards, the Big Ten could have indirect power over Notre Dame's ability to play Big Ten teams in football going forward (assuming there is any truth to the report).