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Pete Bevacqua, Oct 20, 2025

Pete Bevacqua, Notre Dame athletic director · Oct 20, 2025 · 12-team/revenue-sharing (2024-26) · permalink

“We shouldn't be the NFL. We're something different. We're something that's special.”

On The Dan Patrick Show, called a super league a 'horrible mistake' that would make college football a compromised small version of the NFL.

Source: Sports Business Journal: Notre Dame's Bevacqua considers super league 'horrible mistake' for college football

Structure: super league & divisions NFL relationship & draft

Cited in the Ideas index

2. Power 4 breakaway, super league or separate top division

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