Notre Dame may take years (maybe a decade) to make a decision on conference membership. On the other hand, a sudden new development may force their hand to make a decision this year.
ND has had the right model all along. Ever since Knute Rockne boarded a train to play SC in Los Angeles 100 years ago, they have been playing in their own coast-to-coast, football only, made for TV, super-conference. And they separately have parked their other sports in a logical, normal sports conference (BE, now ACC).
Since they already play games in the Pac-12, B10, ACC, B12 every year, they have no incentive to ever join a conference so long as they continue to have access to the CFP (extremely likely). They'll be able to renew their NBC contract for a nice number.
And everyone overlooks this. When Bama plays in the Sugar Bowl, Vanderbilt gets the same payout from that as Bama does. When ND plays in the Orange Bowl, ND gets 100% of that payout.
Plus, ND really doesn't need the money. They have the highest endowment per student of any P5 team other than Stanford. More than Rice, Vandy, Northwestern. Also more than Dartmouth, Penn, Brown, Columbia and Cornell.
So long as the ACC GOR continues to stand up (likely), ND has clear sailing as an independent for another 10-12 years.
Boycott stupid. If you ignore the gator troll, eventually he'll just go back under his bridge.