The first thing that came to my mind was that it was an act of desperation on the ACC's part. Notre Dame had all the leverage in those negotiations. To their credit, they got exactly what they wanted and the ACC got five football games and upper mid-tier to lower upper tier Olympic sports programs. Notre Dame basketball and Olympic sports won't be missed if they leave the ACC. Some will miss those five football games but all the ACC has to do is have five football programs schedule Top 10-15 type out-of-conference teams every year and make sure two or three of them are played at the ACC team's home field annually. Schedule Bama, Auburn, LSU, Texas, TAMU, Oklahoma, Ohio State, Michigan, USC, and Oregon. Nebraska, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Penn State will do too. The ACC already has Florida v. FSU. ESPN will gladly set up "big" games between the ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac-12.