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when Indiana and Purdue are both making more money, ND will be forced to do something

Notre Dame's media rights are not as good at the Big Ten. However, from an annual report I read online Notre Dame has more overall revenue than the U of Iowa, much of it coming from donations. Their football ticket prices are sky high. Notre Dame's only sport operating in the black is football. I suppose all this means they can do what they want. 
Trying to preserve Stanford and Cal's P-5 status by lobbying for their entry into the ACC still seems completely irrational to me. Notre Dame would ultimately make more money in the Big Ten than as an independent/partial ACC member. And, geographically Cal and Stanford now make more sense in the Big Ten, as does Notre Dame. I don't think realignment will be solved before 2036, and some of us here won't be alive to see what happens.

Notre Dame's media rights are not as good at the Big Ten. However, from an annual report I read online Notre Dame has more overall revenue than the U of Iowa, much of it coming from donations. Their football ticket prices are sky high. Notre Dame's only sport operating in the black is football. I suppose all this means they can do what they want.
Trying to preserve Stanford and Cal's P-5 status by lobbying for their entry into the ACC still seems completely irrational to me. Notre Dame would ultimately make more money in the Big Ten than as an independent/partial ACC member. And, geographically Cal and Stanford now make more sense in the Big Ten, as does Notre Dame. I don't think realignment will be solved before 2036, and some of us here won't be alive to see what happens.

Taht may me throw up in my mouth.

I hate where this is going. I guess most here agree.

ND historically has scheduled pretty well when it comes to Big Names, aside from the usual USC rivalry.  I'm interested in what Stanford does of course.  But the whole thing is so weird now, to me, anything seems plausible.  Almost.

Would any SEC teams bolt for this enlarged B1G?  Would Missouri be a candidate?  Florida?  Imagine FSU slides out and to the B1G ...

Why not just combine the B1G and SEC?  Weirdness.

The B1G makes money on ND when the game is in a B1G stadium.

yup, but I see that ending.
Of course ND would only schedule a home and away

the Big wants to force ND to join.
Take away scheduling of Big teams - especially USC
with a 9 game schedule, does USC really want to fly to South Bend every other season to play ND???

the ND/Stanford game loses some luster when Stanford is indy or a WAC program
Leaves ND with the service academies and the ACC for scheduling 

F ND. I'd be fine with them falling off. 

with a 12-team playoff and only two conferences

there's gonna be a path

the ACC certainly isn't going to exclude ND

You can put a price on nearly anything in this business, including "autonomy", whatever value that has (none).