re: For everyone worrying, recruiting isn’t the same…

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BK bolts and ND decides to dump TAMU NIL money into recruiting.

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FWIW that's not the case. ND's alums, led by Brady Quinn, are organising a collective to pay players for charity work and there are plenty of other NIL opportunities for ND players once they sign and start class - Kyle Hamilton earned a large six figure sum last year from a range of commercial sources, by all accounts.

But what Quinn's group won't do is negotiate with recruits ahead of their signing, which in that context, and by comparison with a lot of other schools, puts ND at a significant disadvantage.

Marcus Freeman's recruiting message is basically: "If you come to ND you will have NIL opportunities - look at existing players - but we can't and won't do deals in advance of you signing. But if you have a Notre Dame diploma after graduation, then you'll be able to earn a lot more over the course of your lifetime than if you accept a higher one-off up front deal at Somewhere Else U".

That's what he's helped ND get the commitments it has received to date. Key question is, how many will remain firm and sign in December?