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December 28, 2007

Notre Dame not only hurting its own program, but also NBC's bottom line

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/12/27/businessweek-nbc-blindsided-by-notre-dame-football/

After Notre Dame sucked this season, everybody took their wacks at the Irish. However, from a business and economic standpoint the Irish's struggles hurt a bit more for the NBC network as they had to adjust their ad-prices due to the lack of viewership on the games. Audiences for Irish games dropped more than 40% from 2005 levels and if the program doesn't turn around rather quickly, the contract may be restructured to save NBC's ass.

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