This is a part of a continuing story which includes "Kelly's Gold ... continued," on September 27, 2014 and "Notre Dame Pays Money to Underwear Designer for Football Uniforms," on September 13, 2014 and "Notre Dame Gold Belongs on the Dome. Leave it," on August 21, 2014 and "What Hath Kelly and Jenkins Wrought at Notre Dame?," on August 30, 2014.
Let's pause to see where we are. So far, we have seen at least three new developments introduced at Notre Dame through the Fightin' Irish Football program:
- Artificial turf;
- New uniforms taken off the bodies of high school kids; and
- "Student athletes" who are on scholarship but are not playing football because they are suspended due to academic challenges.
All of these developments have some things in common. They all cost money, and they all make money.
Who pays the cost of these things? That much is clear. The people who pay money to Notre Dame for tuition pay for these things. For almost all students, that means their parents.
How much does it all cost? I don't know. I don't know that anyone knows. Has anyone asked?
Who makes money from these things? Here is a list of three all but certain candidates:
- The turf company for the artificial turf.
- Under Armour for the uniforms.
- The NFL owners after the academically challenged "student athletes" leave school to play football in the NFL.
This is guesswork, reasonable hypotheses as they say, but guesswork without the actual evidence. Has anyone asked?
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