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dublinirish said:
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When I was little my dad's cousin got married the day North Dakota State played North Dakota. Grandma insisted my dad skip the game and go to wedding because "family pictures."

So we showed up to the church for pictures and skipped the wedding to watch the game on TV lmao. Then went to reception
 
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KANSAS BIG DONATION

Far be it from me to tell someone how to spend their own money but that's an insane amount of money to give to a football program that will never be good lmao
 
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Cali_domer said:
15 mill was the previous deal... This deal is 22-25 million a year. Either way if we wanted the most money we would join the Big 10(Yuck).

ND is at a disadvantage when it come access to the playoff I think because it's us versus these mega conferences.
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Cali_domer said:
15 mill was the previous deal... This deal is 22-25 million a year. Either way if we wanted the most money we would join the Big 10(Yuck).

ND is at a disadvantage when it come access to the playoff I think because it's us versus these mega conferences.
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
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Meh. A lot of these transfers (esp from schools like NIU) are leveling up their athletic careers and making a TON of money doing so. Even if he's right, and those kids don't end up traveling, dressing, playing...guess what, they just got a pay day that they'll likely never get again in their life. Their degree is still on the table. Their college experience and life lessons are still on the table. If given the opportunity, yes, take the money. All the other things that he talked about don't magically go away just because Player-X took a million dollar pay day to transfer to School-Y.

Props for his "4 for Forty"message though. Maybe he should take pay day and come coach with Freeman. Just sayin. That message resonates better at a school like ND than NIU.
 
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BleedBlueGold said:
Meh. A lot of these transfers (esp from schools like NIU) are leveling up their athletic careers and making a TON of money doing so. Even if he's right, and those kids don't end up traveling, dressing, playing...guess what, they just got a pay day that they'll likely never get again in their life. Their degree is still on the table. Their college experience and life lessons are still on the table. If given the opportunity, yes, take the money. All the other things that he talked about don't magically go away just because Player-X took a million dollar pay day to transfer to School-Y.

Props for his "4 for Forty"message though. Maybe he should take pay day and come coach with Freeman. Just sayin. That message resonates better at a school like ND than NIU.
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I have to wonder how much any of his players hitting the portal are really getting paid. I guess it all depends on what the market will bare. Kenny Minchey never really played a meaningful down of football, but UK got a new coach and needed a QB. They splurged big. I don't know what a guy from NIU is going to snag in the portal, though.

His "Glory to God" Twitter comment was priceless as far as I'm concerned.

Very curious to see what graduation rates start to look like going forward, too.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
I have to wonder how much any of his players hitting the portal are really getting paid. I guess it all depends on what the market will bare. Kenny Minchey never really played a meaningful down of football, but UK got a new coach and needed a QB. They splurged big. I don't know what a guy from NIU is going to snag in the portal, though.

His "Glory to God" Twitter comment was priceless as far as I'm concerned.

Very curious to see what graduation rates start to look like going forward, too.
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This and what the financial outcomes will ultimately be for many of these guys.

Can’t imagine it turns out well considering the bankruptcy rates among NFL players.
 
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Jiggafini19Deux said:
I have to wonder how much any of his players hitting the portal are really getting paid. I guess it all depends on what the market will bare. Kenny Minchey never really played a meaningful down of football, but UK got a new coach and needed a QB. They splurged big. I don't know what a guy from NIU is going to snag in the portal, though.

His "Glory to God" Twitter comment was priceless as far as I'm concerned.

Very curious to see what graduation rates start to look like going forward, too.
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Bluto said:
This and what the financial outcomes will ultimately be for many of these guys.

Can’t imagine it turns out well considering the bankruptcy rates among NFL players.
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This is where Notre Dame has a big advantage in the modern era. We can tell top recruits: Come with us. Spend three years here. Get great coaching and development, get paid decently and earn a real degree that'll set you up for life after football. If after that you want to go shoot your shot, you'll have two years of eligibility and we'll all be rooting for you. Hell, look at Kenny Minchey.
 
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IrishLax said:
I just have no clue how these local courts have jurisdiction
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Short answer, federalism. To be fair, it is becoming* a foreign concept these days, but he filed the suit under state contract law, so the state handles it. Their argument was that the ncaa was in breach of good faith clauses in the member contract between the ncaa and ole' miss.
 
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Bluto said:
This and what the financial outcomes will ultimately be for many of these guys.

Can’t imagine it turns out well considering the bankruptcy rates among NFL players.
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Bingo. And there will be some who fail to get a degree & blow their money and then blame the university. They need to break into two leagues sooner rather than later. One w/ the student-athlete model and one w/ paid employee model. The employee model will be able to collectively bargain & a new governing body will be necessary to lay guide rails and regulations such as salary caps, etc.
 
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