Not good to do that. We can always keep our academic standards high and still play the "game" the

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Not good to do that. We can always keep our academic standards high and still play the "game" the

Author: THEISMANCARR (18015 Posts - Joined: Aug 10, 2007)

Posted at 6:56 pm on Sep 18, 2024

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way it is played anyway. If we don't, we will become more woke than ever.

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The Student-Althete Model of Elite College Football is Dead... - SteveM - 2:25pm 9/18/24 (35) [View All]
- Don't be so down on the lads! [NT] - NedoftheHill - 5:15am 9/19/24
- Re: The Student-Althete Model of Elite College Football is Dead... - ndinga - 12:52am 9/19/24
- "PRINCETON??? GRRRR Get my glove!" - Yale Alum "Sideshow Bob Roberts" [NT] - irishslovak - 11:07pm 9/18/24
- It's interesting to me that the real players in this are largely state-sponsored universities. - LanceManion - 4:17pm 9/18/24
  - Wonder about the O Lineman that says: "I just may miss a couple crucial blocks if you don't buy me.. - TakethetrainKnute - 4:26pm 9/18/24
    - I would think that’s why RL is sharing his with the O line. Splat! [NT] - whatsamataU - 5:53pm 9/18/24
      - Had heard that. Almost seems a necessity... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:23pm 9/18/24
    - Good points by Lance & Take. Players can hold-out any game week for any reason... - SteveM - 4:43pm 9/18/24
      - Also, soon players will get 2 - 3 initial games on video, then bail out to "prepare for the draft" [NT] - SteveM - 4:46pm 9/18/24
- SMU back in the early 80's was way ahead of its time! [NT] - NEPA Irish - 3:51pm 9/18/24
- Not so sure - Nigel Tufnel - 3:09pm 9/18/24
- Been saying it all along...ND will have to move to a "competitive" league that fosters academics... - TakethetrainKnute - 2:37pm 9/18/24
  - Agree, been saying the same thing. Fans will still follow their teams. [NT] - Hibakusha - 2:16pm 9/19/24
  - Stop that nonsense. We can play the game. We are scheduled to do so, - sweetbobbyg - 7:45pm 9/18/24
  - Not good to do that. We can always keep our academic standards high and still play the "game" the - THEISMANCARR - 6:56pm 9/18/24
    - ND proved their halfway in with NIL and transfers - cubsfanin16 - 7:32pm 9/18/24
      - The two biggest opposite spectrum misbeliefs that Notre Dame fans have.. - Chrisb - 3:24pm 9/19/24
      - Urban Meyer will never come here, and ND will never offer it again - ndunabomber - 10:13pm 9/18/24
      - Ugh...Urban is "a bridge too far" for ND as, most certainly, is Pitino. If you really think that - TakethetrainKnute - 7:46pm 9/18/24
        
        I get that the school won't, they would like to skip nil, the portal too - cubsfanin16 - 9:55pm 9/18/24
        
        They're going half way given all the resources that they've sunk into football. They are trying to - TakethetrainKnute - 11:07pm 9/18/24
        
        agreed [NT] - cubsfanin16 - 7:41pm 9/19/24
  - I'd much prefer that to totally selling out. [NT] - SteveM - 3:37pm 9/18/24
  - That's it! We're Ivy bound! [NT] - Irishize - 2:42pm 9/18/24
    - "Ivy-adjacent". More competitive (but similar). - TakethetrainKnute - 2:52pm 9/18/24
      - Who the hell cares if we are on the top of "ivy-adjacent" when the nation will only care about the - THEISMANCARR - 7:01pm 9/18/24
        
        Re: Who the hell cares if we are on the top of "ivy-adjacent" when the nation will only care about the - natureboy - 10:44pm 9/19/24
      - OK. ND will be the pioneers of the new Ivy Adjacent League. Buy your tickets now! [NT] - Irishize - 3:08pm 9/18/24
        
        Just wait. It will be like the late 50’ early 60’s in South Bend, 15$ of groceries got you four - whatsamataU - 5:58pm 9/18/24
        
        Except that $15 in groceries from 1957...costs $170.62 in 2024... [NT] - TakethetrainKnute - 6:28pm 9/18/24
        
        Didn't say I liked it. But don't believe ND can continue to keep going where College Football is... - TakethetrainKnute - 3:31pm 9/18/24
        
        I'm just messin' wicha, Knute. It's an absurd situation. All you can do is laugh at it. [NT] - Irishize - 3:36pm 9/18/24
        
        Naw, I hear you. They've taken what was one of my favorite diversions...and are totally screwing - TakethetrainKnute - 3:46pm 9/18/24
        
        I agree. College football is the greatest sport ever created, but they are ruining it fast. [NT] - Irishize - 3:49pm 9/18/24
        
        It all started paying HC's outlandish amounts of $$$.... - NEPA Irish - 3:56pm 9/18/24

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