Rather than get into the arcane demographic/market research info that would determine how much money an ND Stadium Jumbotron would make, they should only do it if it is integrated into and enhances the fan experience for all. We do not have to be like everyone else. Going to an ND game is a “bucket list” experience for many and that fan nor the season ticket holder that attends every game should come away with the impression that a Notre Dame home game is just like any other college football game. It is not and never should be. GO IRISH, BEAT TERPS!

But “we should have only 1-3 exclusive sponsors.” That’s a good idea but even if it did happen – how long do you honestly think it would last? If there is ONE thing Notre Dame is good it is making money – lots of it.

But what I say means nothing – if they play Ozzy Osbourne on the P.A. the end is nearer than we thought.

I read somewhere that Ozzy’s neighbor is Pat Boone.

Right, because the lack of change of their uniforms is what’s causing their current problems.

Mope.

Regards,

Dr. M.J. Jennings

El K- I am just trying to understand where you are coming from. Who said kids are going to make their decision SOLELY based on uniforms? That is like saying a kid will make his decision based on how much he likes the Golden Dome. He probably thinks its pretty cool but he’s not coming to ND strictly because of the Dome. It certainly is a PART of his decision, but its not like he’s ignoring everything else and basing a decision based on it.

Can kids, who are basing their college decision on academics, traditions, TV exposure, and more “serious criteria”, also be interested in what the uniforms look like? If not, why? Are they too immature? If so, are those kids capable of handling ND life? Can they be multi-faceted people with differing interests and excel in a number of them?

“Your theory that kids that care what a uniform looks like can’t handle life at ND has been destroyed.”

Yeah, except that’s not what I said. I said if they’re basing their college choices on something as specious as a uniform, they’re not approaching it from the correct frame of mind, because they should be considering more serious criteria. When they’re trudging to class at 8am in the snow or pushing themselves through two-a-days, the snazzy uniforms aren’t going to matter. Catering to people making specious decisions shouldn’t enter into ND’s calculus.

If you don’t like what I write, don’t read it.

Wow. El K- Have you become so entrenched in your position that you dismiss this as a fad? The players that we all root for WANT this. They are excited about it. Doesn’t that maybe mean that their contemporaries (i.e. other blue chip recruits that we desperately want to play for ND to start winning BCS games again) may like them? No matter what they think when they “grow up” we need these kids NOW. Heck, we needed them yesterday. So please stop saying they are “not smart enough” or imply that they are immature. Your theory that kids that care what a uniform looks like can’t handle life at ND has been destroyed. So now you patronize the kids you supposedly support?

Wow. Are you thinking that you have become so entrenched in your position that you dismiss this as a fad? The players that we all root for WANT this. They are excited about it. Doesn’t that maybe mean that their contemporaries (i.e. other blue chip recruits that we desperately want to play for ND to start winning BCS games again) may like them? No matter what they think when they “grow up” we need these kids NOW. Heck, we needed them yesterday. So please stop saying they are “not smart enough” or imply that they are immature.

Good for them. Someday, when they’re not 19 years old and appreciate tradition a little more, maybe they’ll feel differently