For the average off the street fan probably nothing changes.

But it will be tough for students and future alumni to have a real connection to the football team. This is especially the case at a place like Notre Dame where the athletes are “real” students. The connection in the above scenario is more like choosing your favorite NFL team.

I also think in this scenario that ND, under current leadership, would sooner bulldoze the stadium than participate.

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yeah, Notre Dame's current leadership has really shown - jt 2023-03-26 14:58:47
- They are trying to raise millions for a Gug expansion. - MrE 2023-03-26 15:02:44
  - Pretty soon, every quarterback is going to want his own room * - SWPaDem 2023-03-26 17:53:15
  - so the next step is naturally to tear it all down - jt 2023-03-26 15:50:34
Without knowing future details or structures, of course, - MrE 2023-03-26 12:09:52
- I don't think they'd be competitive holding on to the - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 18:07:32
  - I don't know. Seems like it'd be a nice differentiator. - MrE 2023-03-26 18:20:20
    - Differentiating, though, in a way that's detrimental to - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 19:57:21
      - why exactly would they eliminate the student requirement? - jt 2023-03-26 21:21:50
        It's pretty tenuous as it is - ravenium 2023-03-27 13:34:25
        there is a very simple reason to keep the academic - jt 2023-03-27 13:46:08
        jt, you keep mixing apples and oranges w/r/t the "courts - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 14:29:08
        what happens to title 9 when/if there are no scholarships? - jt 2023-03-27 15:51:35
        I don't give a damn about the NCAA or Swarbrick. I'm high- - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 18:55:18
        There are complex variables at play - jt 2023-03-27 19:58:39
        There seems to be an assumption there that girls don't care - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 21:33:12
        Oh, I don't think that's accurate in the slightest - jt 2023-03-27 22:15:17
        The solution to specious arguments shouldn't be more - ravenium 2023-03-29 13:38:57
        Oh sure, they want to be paid - jt 2023-03-29 23:05:08
        I might be advocating exactly what he fears - ravenium 2023-03-27 14:25:30
        I tend to agree with you. Why not have both? - smithwick 2023-03-27 14:39:27
        I wonder if the Bettis model might be a good one - ravenium 2023-03-28 12:49:50
        help me understand the students and olympic sport athletes - MrE 2023-03-27 13:39:29
        ND probably isn't the right example to think of when - VaDblDmr 2023-03-27 19:08:22
        It'll be interesting to see how it all shakes out. - MrE 2023-03-27 20:29:50
        I mean, what kind of person walks around jealous - jt 2023-03-27 15:49:04
        there will be locker room strife. - MrE 2023-03-27 17:19:50
        Or spread it among the student body. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 12:24:22
        Would prefer to end the exploitation of the football players - MrE 2023-03-28 17:16:05
        It's been said here before. - doolinbanjos 2023-03-28 18:00:05
        Major CFB is a pro league/$6B industry. - MrE 2023-03-28 18:29:03
        Stifle. I was following the subthread in which I understood - VaDblDmr 2023-03-26 22:58:10
      - I don't think the gap will widen. I think the opposite. - MrE 2023-03-26 20:31:02