He's in the real world. Fantasy is also important.
Link: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2021/02/swarbrick-announces-notre-dame-will-abstain-from-participating-in-ea-sports-game/
I saw a lot of immediate negative reaction from Notre Dame fans and how it'll be bad for recruiting, but essentially, Notre Dame is saying that they want their players to be compensated as opposed to say other coaches like Dabo who whine about quitting if players start getting paid. Notre Dame's stance on NIL has been pretty clear all along and when they're giving their recruiting pitches to say a high profile recruit, they can point to their now very public stance on players getting compensated for their likeness being used as a positive. That has the potential to be a very, very screwd move by Notre Dame.
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There will be a lot of money involved here. ND could also go a different route than the rest of the NCAA, although this is unlikely. There is precedent - many Italian teams are missing from EA’s soccer game due to agreements with an EA competitor’s soccer game.
There is no reason for ND to be totally be removed from the game. They could just put in random players with ND uniforms. That way, ND could make money off of it while screwing the players! OK, just kidding. But, I could really care less if the actual players are in the game. I usually graduate them pretty quickly anyway, and get "my own" players on the team.
We will be in it. This will be resolved legally before the game is out. He is steering the discussion towards getting that resolved quickly, and frankly grandstanding a bit, but the optics on it are good for us.
Worth a listen if you are interested in the topic.
He was the best thing going on that show when it came to Irish football.
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Phil Fulmer, Lloyd Carr, Ed Orgeron, Les Miles, and Jimbo Fisher have won titles in the last quarter century.
Gus Malzahn was a FG away in 2014.
Are any of these coaches clearly better than Kelly? And “they have a title” better not be your argument.
We’ve played for 3 titles either in champ game or playoffs in 10 years. The biggest obstacle is making it to the dance.
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