comments about A&M, Alabama, OSU and others putting football ahead of academics, which isn't going to happen at ND. I respect that. My question is why do they need to be mutually exclusive?
ND looks primed to lose 3 5* recruits because of NIL payments "linked" to enrollment. My understanding is that none of the three would have been offered if they weren't "legitimate" students. If alumni and/or fans want to give $ to a kid to sign, why does the ND admin care? Obviously, any chance of going on probation needs to be avoided, but this is a non factor right now. Jack should have been out in front of this more aggressively. Apparently, ND is frowning upon any fan or alumni connecting with kids, and I'm just trying to understand the issue if the kids are committed to the education side of the equation.