The reason I detailed Notre Dame's success was to show exactly how Notre Dame works effectively, and obviously (choke) it's working for Boston College and Navy as well. It's not just Notre Dame, but the Irish do provide a nice model to follow. Here's a comment received from an Irish tutor:
As a tutor for student-athletes at ND, I understand what you are saying completely. ND does a remarkable job of integrating its student-athletes into an intellectual environment. The focus here is not on skirting requirements or pursuing easy majors. Most if not all of the athletes have the intellectual capacity to succeed at a university, but many come in as freshman woefully unprepared from the local primary and secondary schools. I believe the same is true for many top programs across the country. The difference is that ND has always held its athletes to the highest standards inside the classroom, on the field, and in their personal lives. The difference shows. Excellent article!Again, the point of the article isn't to in anyway excuse a bad season (you can't excuse 3-9) and blame it on academics, it was to point out how far off the playing field agenda driven sports writers and talking heads have become in a sea of misplaced priorities and perspectives.
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