ACC discussion thread

Irish2155 · Wednesday at 2:46 PM

Wouldn’t “overall body of work” favor teams who play ND that particular year?

Irish#1 · Wednesday at 3:10 PM

"Details to come shortly." = We're still figuring it out fellas.

Dale · Thursday at 9:11 AM

“People were dragging Darian for thinking it was all about money. It wasn't. There was money either way," Naomi said, a nod to Darian's two-year contract at Duke worth roughly $4 million annually. "We looked at the big picture of where Darian wants to go. That ultimately was the choice. What was going to get him to his end goal? He could go and win the ACC again but could he get to a natty and win the Heisman?"

Rumored Miami deal btw:

- $10 million total including buyout
- Country club housing
-Adidas Deal + Campaign
-Sister gets full ride scholarship + NIL also

Dale · Thursday at 9:12 AM

Mensah really benefitted from the whole Sorsby thing. So did Demond Williams in terms of forgetting about really off putting QB offseason stories. The football offer at Miami is better. Sure. But you really don’t have to lie about the money being better too. Just like I’m sure the Duke football and money were both better than Tulane.

Dale · Friday at 12:23 PM

IAIrish · Friday at 12:46 PM

Dale said:

Perhaps breaking a signed contract in order to transfer to another school should come with a one year requirement to sit out.
Apply it to players and coaches and I'd wager we have more continuity if that's the ideal outcome.

NotKoon · Friday at 1:37 PM

Narduzzi went from calling timeouts to try and get Mario to run up the score to calling him out for tampering real quick

FWIrish4 · Friday at 2:34 PM

NotKoon said:
Narduzzi went from calling timeouts to try and get Mario to run up the score to calling him out for tampering real quick

It is still crazy to me this was not made a bigger deal by anyone. I could not believe it was happening in real time

allenm5333 · Friday at 2:45 PM

Dale said:

Happy he didn’t transfer. If Carr goes pro, he is a top 3 target

Polish Leppy 22 · Saturday at 9:08 AM

If Freeman gets the natty and bolts for the NFL, Brent Key is at the top of my list for ND's next guy:

27-20 record at Ga Tech is very impressive
Ga Tech is very similar to ND academically
Former OL/ run the damn ball guy
Spent a few years as a Saban assistant
He's 47 which I would say is young enough to be a good recruiter and old enough to have head coach experience

allenm5333 · Saturday at 9:37 AM

Polish Leppy 22 said:
If Freeman gets the natty and bolts for the NFL, Brent Key is at the top of my list for ND's next guy:

27-20 record at Ga Tech is very impressive
Ga Tech is very similar to ND academically
Former OL/ run the damn ball guy
Spent a few years as a Saban assistant
He's 47 which I would say is young enough to be a good recruiter and old enough to have head coach experience

If MF leaves, Kenny Dillingham from Zona State please

Dale · Saturday at 9:45 AM

I think if you’re putting forth a resume, for any of these guys, I need to see a second trick. Key has shown one trick and it’s Faulkner/King. Okay pretty good trick. Let’s see this year. Clark Lea same thing with Pavia/Beck/Kill. Let’s see the second trick this season.

jprue24 · Saturday at 6:37 PM

IAIrish said:
Perhaps breaking a signed contract in order to transfer to another school should come with a one year requirement to sit out.
Apply it to players and coaches and I'd wager we have more continuity if that's the ideal outcome.

I think the laws in the majority of states will make it impossible or extremely difficult to enforce a non-compete clause like that.

State Noncompete Law Tracker

eig.org

TNUtoNotreDame · Saturday at 7:08 PM

jprue24 said:
I think the laws in the majority of states will make it impossible or extremely difficult to enforce a non-compete clause like that.

State Noncompete Law Tracker

eig.org

My noncompete states that I can’t leave and enter same industry for two years. Is the most restrictive I’ve ever been under.

jprue24 · Saturday at 8:50 PM

TNUtoNotreDame said:
My noncompete states that I can’t leave and enter same industry for two years. Is the most restrictive I’ve ever been under.

It wouldn't exist if you were in California, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, or Wyoming.

Crazy Balki · Sunday at 1:31 AM

I'll just say this. Can this fucking conference finally get it's shit together? I'm seriously getting tired of the annual crap where 1 team seems to be dominant and the rest are irrationally terrible.

There is no reason that teams like Virginia Tech, Florida State, Clemson, Boston College, Pitt, Georgia Tech and UNC can't be consistently solid teams. Not even good, just solid. Like, is it so hard to ask for that? These aren't perennial bottom dwellers. They've all had long periods of quality success.

Georgia Tech seems to be on pace to hold up their end and start playing consistently solid football at least. We'll see with Small Game James. FSU seems like a sinking ship under Norvell. BC seems to be edging closer to UMass than their old selves. North Carolina is likely paying for Jordon Hudson's lip injections for the next 4 decades. Dabo is under the delusion that it's still 2016.

SOMEBODY DO SOMETHING!

NDdomer2 · Sunday at 9:07 AM

Non competes are a joke

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-07-20T11:39:53-0400

Non Competes are very difficult to enforce and usually get thrown out unless except for very specific circumstances. Basically, you can't "take anything" from your former employer. Contracts, customers, non-public company info and potential customers or contracts you have solely because of the company. Stuff like that. They can't prevent you from earning a living. And most are only enforceable within 50 miles of the business and for 18 months. Most have very restrictive language simply to scare you off and force you to hire a lawyer to fight them. There are ways around that. Particularly if there is something you can countersue for or better yet, start a class action against. Anything that your lawyer will take just a small retainer for in return for a portion of the settlement of judgement.

Once upon a time, I went up against a company that just so happens to be owned by an NFL owner in the greater Baltimore area. Trying to intimidate 8 regular dudes went VERY wrong for them. VERY.

stlnd01 · 2026-07-20T12:37:39-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
Non Competes are very difficult to enforce and usually get thrown out unless except for very specific circumstances. Basically, you can't "take anything" from your former employer. Contracts, customers, non-public company info and potential customers or contracts you have solely because of the company. Stuff like that. They can't prevent you from earning a living. And most are only enforceable within 50 miles of the business and for 18 months. Most have very restrictive language simply to scare you off and force you to hire a lawyer to fight them. There are ways around that. Particularly if there is something you can countersue for or better yet, start a class action against. Anything that your lawyer will take just a small retainer for in return for a portion of the settlement of judgement.

All that you say is true, but this works a lot of the time. Simple deterrence is a powerful thing.

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-07-20T13:26:31-0400

stlnd01 said:
All that you say is true, but this works a lot of the time. Simple deterrence is a powerful thing.

It works most of the time, but when it doesn't, it's spectacular.

Irish#1 · 2026-07-20T13:44:39-0400

Polish Leppy 22 said:
If Freeman gets the natty and bolts for the NFL, Brent Key is at the top of my list for ND's next guy:

27-20 record at Ga Tech is very impressive
Ga Tech is very similar to ND academically
Former OL/ run the damn ball guy
Spent a few years as a Saban assistant
He's 47 which I would say is young enough to be a good recruiter and old enough to have head coach experience

If Freeman wins a natty, he's sticking around to get a second one and embed his name in the history books.

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-07-20T14:26:27-0400

I honestly think he looked hard at the NFL and didn't really like what he saw.

Polish Leppy 22 · 2026-07-20T21:07:08-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
I honestly think he looked hard at the NFL and didn't really like what he saw.

I also think Urban Meyer told him to stay right where he is and to avoid the NFL

TNUtoNotreDame · 2026-07-20T21:11:45-0400

jprue24 said:
It wouldn't exist if you were in California, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, or Wyoming.

Yeah, I do business in California but signed my agreement in Arizona. SO I am stuck with it.

Notre Dame Joe · 2026-07-21T03:45:35-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
Non Competes are very difficult to enforce and usually get thrown out unless except for very specific circumstances. Basically, you can't "take anything" from your former employer. Contracts, customers, non-public company info and potential customers or contracts you have solely because of the company. Stuff like that. They can't prevent you from earning a living. And most are only enforceable within 50 miles of the business and for 18 months. Most have very restrictive language simply to scare you off and force you to hire a lawyer to fight them. There are ways around that. Particularly if there is something you can countersue for or better yet, start a class action against. Anything that your lawyer will take just a small retainer for in return for a portion of the settlement of judgement.

Once upon a time, I went up against a company that just so happens to be owned by an NFL owner in the greater Baltimore area. Trying to intimidate 8 regular dudes went VERY wrong for them. VERY.

Cool. But it's mostly unheard of for a business law attorney to take a case on contingency, especially for defense.

TNUtoNotreDame said:
Yeah, I do business in California but signed my agreement in Arizona. SO I am stuck with it.

PM me if you have a question. I have a folder full of AZ Non-compete caselaw.

TNUtoNotreDame · 2026-07-21T11:37:50-0400

Notre Dame Joe said:
Cool. But it's mostly unheard of for a business law attorney to take a case on contingency, especially for defense.

PM me if you have a question. I have a folder full of AZ Non-compete caselaw.

Cool, thanks. My company is based in Florida (hard state to get out of them) and I work in Arizona.

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-07-21T13:38:23-0400

TNUtoNotreDame said:
Cool, thanks. My company is based in Florida (hard state to get out of them) and I work in Arizona.

My case was in Florida. Court said 18 months and 50 mile radius was the acceptable guidelines. That was before telecommuting was a thing though.

TNUtoNotreDame · 2026-07-21T13:44:22-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
My case was in Florida. Court said 18 months and 50 mile radius was the acceptable guidelines. That was before telecommuting was a thing though.

Yeah, my company is national and my territory so they restrict the nation and literally lock me out.. If I moved to California I could get out, but that ain't happening.

jerseyborn1971 · 2026-07-21T13:47:09-0400

I would talk to a lawyer. Non Competes are meant to keep employees from using company knowledge to compete against them, not deprive people of making a living.

TNUtoNotreDame · 2026-07-21T13:50:12-0400

jerseyborn1971 said:
I would talk to a lawyer. Non Competes are meant to keep employees from using company knowledge to compete against them, not deprive people of making a living.

Yeah, I am going too. I have other offers that would pay more than my current position, but I cannot get them.

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