I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but I honestly don't know how additional funding to the head football coach compromises academics.
It doesn't compromise academics, it put emphasis where ND historically does not want it.
Dorias to Rockne put the University of Notre Dame into national prominence. "The little school from the Midwest."
Rockne made Notre Dame a household word. Notice the "University" got lost in the shuffle.
When Rockne died the ND administration felt loss AND relief. They cut scholarships, tightened academics, and sent a number of Rockne's players packing.
When Leahy's Lads dominated college football for 4 straight years, the administration again took issue with Football coming before Academics. When Leahy was forced out by a young Fr Hesburgh, he hired the freshman coach with no head coaching experience to run the team. He also cut scholarships and tightened academics.
ND signs a TV contract with NBC and the ND adminisration, not NBC, insists the announcers are not ND alumni. The announcers must be "neutral".
ND required 16 core courses when the rest of the NCAA required 12.
ND took 3 Prop 48's (non-qualifiers) in 1986 and has never done so again. They graduated but it made no difference, "they were treated different than the other students and athletes."
Parietals
Res Life
Frozen Five
Honor Code
"Redshirts"
Are you catching a trend?
It's wasn't about the money.
Bob Davie started summer football camps at ND.
Weis championed early admissions and a working relationship with Admissions.
Now ask yourself how many centuries did it take for ND to get a training table?
It clashed with Residentiality.
It's not about the money. It's about how ND does things.
