In fact, it's right downstairs from our office -- in O'Rourke's Public House at Eddy Street Commons.
They are loading in the set and cameras as I write this. The Golic & Wingo Show will air tomorrow morning (Friday) from the "edge" of Notre Dame's campus -- 6 AM ET to 10 AM ET on ESPN News. The first two hours are on ESPN2 as well...
The folks at Aer Lingus College Football Ireland has this traveling around the Emerald Isle to promote next year's game between Navy and Notre Dame in Dublin. It has the ND Monogram on one side and the Navy "N" on the other...
This Friday night -- we'll be hosting a party inside Notre Dame Stadium's Concourse -- for the very first time! And, we're bringing in some heaters, just in case it gets a little cold for our friends from USC.
Food Trucks (five of them)
Beer & Soda
Bands -- two of them will be performing
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The fun begins at 7 PM and goes to 10 PM!
100% of the ticket price goes to fund FINANCIAL AID for deserving Notre Dame students.
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:
It requires student-athletes to remain in college all four-years and earn a degree.
It puts some 'monetary value' in remaining at the school you signed your original National Letter of Intent with.
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...