10 million dollar man

I don't care what channel they play on....I'll give them a break and be their coach for a very small 2 mill a year.

The Catholic church is huge.

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The Catholic church is huge.

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...but still doesn't own the University of Notre Dame.

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to make ABC happy

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I think you mean:

m N o B C

This comcast / nbc merger may play into all this.

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Comcast Corp. executive Jeff Shell said at an industry conference in June that expanding the sports business at his cable networks was the "top of our list over the next five years."

If Comcast's bid to control NBC Universal succeeds, it would advance Mr. Shell's goal overnight, creating a potential new rival to Walt Disney Co.'s ESPN.

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The new company would marry Comcast's Versus and Golf Channel cable-sports networks and multiple regional sports networks with NBC Universal's broadcast-sports operation and rights to major sports events, including a Super Bowl and two Olympic games.

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The expanded NBC Universal would combine both companies' rights to college football, hockey and golf. It would have NBC's rights to the Olympics in 2010 and 2012 and NFL games through 2013. A deal could also give NBC Sports access to cable subscription fees, which would put it in a better position to keep up with growing sports-rights costs.

Comcast's Versus and Golf Channel already receive about $400 million in yearly subscription fees, according to industry estimates. In addition, Comcast could try to push paid distribution for NBC's fledgling Universal Sports channel.

Among the possibilities for the combined company would be for Comcast to air football games simultaneously on multiple channels, with each offering different camera angles, a person familiar with the matter says. Comcast could also put large swaths of Olympics footage in its video-on-demand service, the person says.

"If this merger goes through, they become a much, much stronger competitor to ESPN. And they threaten to dominate CBS and Fox," says Neal H. Pilson, a sports-media consultant and former president of CBS Sports.

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If Notre Dame is willing to wait until either Florida loses, or after the MNC game, I think they get Urban Meyer.

The best part is that then Florida can go and hire another coach that is better than Miles and not only have a better coach, but take another coach off the table that LSU could hire down the line.

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Saban will definately talk to Notre Dame if they come calling. He may not be interested in the job, but his agent will use the offer against Alabama for a pay raise.

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