A Photo of Campus from Notre Dame Stadium

 

Just took this photo of the Main Building and Basilica from the 9th floor Terrace at Notre Dame Stadium this evening...

Notre Dame Football Player Interviews...

A Proposal For Compensating Student-Athletes

The bill that passed in California this week -- which would allow college athletes to hire agents and negotiate endorsement deals (beginning in 2023) -- has taken the paying of student-athletes to an all new level. 

The challenge here is we're probably only talking about a very few college athletes who would benefit from this legislation...

Six years ago -- I proposed this idea -- a way the NCAA could direct some form of compensation to all scholarship student athletes.  Here's what I posted on September 2, 2013:

It's simply this -- create a "pension program" for all NCAA Division I scholarship athletes.  It would look something like this:

• The NCAA would create a pension program that they and each of the 340 Division I member institutions would agree to contribute to -- out of television and licensing revenues each year.
• Eligibility:  Every NCAA Division I "student-athlete" -- who signed a National Letter of Intent out of high school with their original school, was on this team's roster a minimum of four academic school years and received a (four-year) college degree from that same institution. 
• Pension Benefit Payments would be available to the qualified student-athlete once they reach the age of 65.

Here's what this proposed program does for college athletics:

1. It requires student-athletes to remain in college all four-years and earn a degree.
2. It puts some 'monetary value' in remaining at the school you signed your original National Letter of Intent with.
3. And, it treats "every scholarship student-athlete" the same -- no matter what school you played for or sport you played.

For those who feel the requirements are too severe -- the NCAA could easily pay out a "lesser percentage" to those who transferred to another school or, failed to play all four years or graduate...

What do you think?

Inside Notre Dame Football -- Virginia Game

Golden Tate Returns From NFL Suspension

Golden Tate returns pic.twitter.com/hBtr6F71RT

— Art Stapleton (@art_stapleton) September 30, 2019

 

 

NBC's Promo of Bowling Green vs. Notre Dame

Bowling Green "D" End Talks Notre Dame

Bowling Green Week: Kelly's Press Conference

Bowling Green's Head Coach Talks Notre Dame

Games Played by Top 10 Teams vs. Ranked...

Took a look at the AP Top 10 and the difficulty of their schedules to date -- and what is left for the balance of the season...

#1 CLEMSON

• 52 - 14 (W) over Georgia Tech
• 24 - 10 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
• 41 - 6 (W) over Syracuse
• 52 - 10 (W) over Charlotte
• 21 - 20 (W) over North Carolina 
• No more game against ranked opponents

#2  ALABAMA

• 42 - 3 (W) over Duke
• 62 - 10 (W) over New Mexico State
• 47 - 23 (W) over South Carolina
• 49 - 7 (W) over Southern Mississippi
• 59 -31 (W) over Mississippi
• 3 games left against ranked opponents

#3  GEORGIA

• 30 - 6 (W) over Vanderbilt
• 63 - 17 (W) over Murray State
• 55 - 10 (W) over Arkansas State
• 23 - 17 (W) over #10 Notre Dame
• 3 games left against ranked opponents

#4  LSU

• 55 - 3 (W) over Georgia Southern
• 45 - 38 (W) over #11 Texas
• 65 - 14 (W) over Northwestern State 
• 66 - 38 (W) over Vanderbilt
• 4 games left against ranked opponents

#5  OHIO STATE

• 45 - 21 (W) over Florida Atlantic
• 42 - 0 (W) over Cincinnati
• 51 - 10 (W) over Indiana
• 76 - 5 (W) over Miami of Ohio
• 48 - 7 (W) over Nebraska
• 4 games left against ranked opponents

#6  OKLAHOMA

• 49 - 31 (W) over Houston
• 70 - 14 (W) over South Dakota
• 48 - 14 (W) over UCLA
• 55 - 16 (W) over Texas Tech
• 2 games left against ranked opponents

#7  AUBURN

• 27 - 21 (W) over #13 Oregon
• 24 - 6 (W) over Tulane
• 55 - 16 (W) over Kent State
• 28 - 20 (W) over #23 Texas A&M
• 56 -23 (W) over Mississippi State
• 4 games left against ranked opponents

#8  WISCONSIN

• 49 - 0 (W) over South Florida
• 61 - 0 (W) over Central Michigan
• 35 -14 (W) over #20 Michigan
• 24 - 15 (W) over Northwestern
• 3 games left against ranked opponents 

#9  NOTRE DAME

• 35 - 17 (W) over Louisville
• 66 - 14 (W) over New Mexico
• 23 - 17 (L) to #3 Georgia
• 35 - 20 (W) over #18 Virginia
• 2 games left against ranked opponents

#10  FLORIDA

• 24 - 20 (W) over Miami (FL)
• 45 - 0 (W) over Tennessee Martin
• 29 - 21 (W) over Kentucky
• 34 - 3 (W) over Tennessee
• 38 - 0 (W) over Towson State
• 3 games left against ranked opponents

Chase Claypool On Field After Virginia Win

Ade Talks Fumble Recovery -- TD Run...

Virgina's Head Coach Talks Loss to Notre Dame

Turning Point: Notre Dame's Win Over Virginia

NBC Feature: Preparing For Virginia...

#10 Notre Dame Beats #18 Virginia 35 - 20

49ers' Mike McGlinchey Talks With Brian Kelly

Preview: #18 Virginia vs. #10 Notre Dame

OT: My Brother Jay -- Doing the Right Thing!

My brother Jay Small -- President of Precision Building Systems in Denver, CO -- talks about his company's involvement with St. Judes.

SEC Network: "The Most Storied Program..."

.@mstinch79: Georgia is 3-0 all-time vs. Notre Dame. How does it feel?@KirbySmartUGA: It's great to be a Dawg!

SEC Film Room: @GeorgiaFootball | Tonight 9 PM ET pic.twitter.com/ZapWHP9ml8

— SEC Network (@SECNetwork) September 26, 2019