I watched the show, interesting take on Hesburgh as the down fall of ND football. Not sure it’s accurate but it did make me think about ND for our future fans, in 50 years.
What made Nd was beyond W/L, it was the expansion of radio, TV, playing across the country and gaining Irish and Catholic fans. Those fans generated top prospects from catholic schools to ND.
Fast forward, conferences with TV contracts, state schools that attract many more fans, a dying catholic highschool system, less people following religion and a team that has not won a Natty in a full generation of fans.
Are we, on this board, quickly becoming the last rabid ND fans?
If we where a company, are we the next sears, GE or Macy’s that did not change and push new bold ways to attract customers (fans)?
I love we are playing 5 games in pro-stadiums next year, I think that’s a great tactic. what else should ND do?
Do they change curriculum to adapt? Do they offer sports related degrees, do they create a system of ND high schools to drive both religion and excellent.
Do we sit back and let it happen and Watch no sellouts becomes common, greatness become history and our fan base become just the students that go there. Does ND just 30 years ago not sell out a bowl game? It was half empty.
I guess my questions to the board are does ND without a strategic plan to maintain a national fan base become the next Stanford or Northwestern? And....what would you recommend.
What made Nd was beyond W/L, it was the expansion of radio, TV, playing across the country and gaining Irish and Catholic fans. Those fans generated top prospects from catholic schools to ND.
Fast forward, conferences with TV contracts, state schools that attract many more fans, a dying catholic highschool system, less people following religion and a team that has not won a Natty in a full generation of fans.
Are we, on this board, quickly becoming the last rabid ND fans?
If we where a company, are we the next sears, GE or Macy’s that did not change and push new bold ways to attract customers (fans)?
I love we are playing 5 games in pro-stadiums next year, I think that’s a great tactic. what else should ND do?
Do they change curriculum to adapt? Do they offer sports related degrees, do they create a system of ND high schools to drive both religion and excellent.
Do we sit back and let it happen and Watch no sellouts becomes common, greatness become history and our fan base become just the students that go there. Does ND just 30 years ago not sell out a bowl game? It was half empty.
I guess my questions to the board are does ND without a strategic plan to maintain a national fan base become the next Stanford or Northwestern? And....what would you recommend.