Notre Dame and its independent status

Unfair advantage? Didn't the lack of one keep the Big 12 out?
Didn't the existence of one out LSU in?

SECCG has catapulted more teams into the NCG than knocked out. It's actually been a historically bigger advantage to have one IMO.

itd actually be easier for ND to make the playoffs if they joined a conference dumbass.

I'd say a CCG helps teams as much as it hurts them. tOSU was only able to win the playoffs last year because of our CCG. Without it we don't even make the playoffs and Bama would probably have been crowned yet again.

So stop bitching and worry about winning, not what could happen.

Are they not joining the ACC?

It's a big part of their tradition

It would probably be easier for them to make the playoffs in a conference. They play a tough schedule every single year and regularly schedule p5 schools outside of their usual rivals

Not at all. Any school may be independent if they wish.

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Anyone else think it's an unfair advantage that they get to skip playing a confrence championship game?

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They aren't the only team for whom this is true. Every conference is different. Every team's schedule within the same conference is different. Pretending Notre Dame is more special than they are just because they don't potentially play in a CCG is silly.

Their only big advantage is being a prestigious name program. They have that over the teams not named USC, tOSU, Florida, Bama, OU, and Texas. That's more of a factor that will influence the committee than whether or not they play a CCG or whether or not they typically play a good number of quality opponents in the year (USC, Mich St, etc)