The fact that we are playing with players overloaded with a hard degree coursework, and play a brutal national schedule, why do the powers that be still require a 4 year undergrad degree?

It really bothers me for two reasons:
(1) When I was a student at ND, getting my degree was hard enough. You’re asking guys to carry the playing burden of a $50 million football business, as well as get a hard degree in the same amount of time that I had, a normal student.
(2) Do the powers that be really believe their is a quality difference in an ND Football Player who graduates from Mendoza in 4 years with and undergrad, versus one that graduates from Mendoza with an undegrad in 5 years? Common sense tells us, there is no difference, other than 365 days.
365 days where that ball player could have been less stressed.

Heres to spreading out undergrad degrees for football players over 5 years. Give them their summer’s off to lift and enjoy life.

Here’s my suggestion:
“As we’ve seen all around college football, a head coach’s job can be very tenuous even when the team is having great success. It’s been said that while Gerry Faust was coach, ND’s athletic director had identified Lou Holtz as a potential candidate for the ND job for whenever the job might open up in the future, and he informally advised Holtz to avoid any contractual limitations that would impair his ability to one day accept the ND job if offered. Do you practice this type of contingency planning? Obviously without naming any names, do you have a list of coaches in the industry from which you have informally gauged their interest in one day coming to Notre Dame?”

Don’t see on your site where you would “register”. I have been visiting your site daily for at least a year and really enjoy the insightful commentary especially during the off season.