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Recruiting billboards
Notre Dame is trying something different in recruiting this May since the NCAA extended the recruiting dead period through May.

Since the coaches can't hit the road, ND is doing Zoom calls and telephone calls instead, like everyone else, but they have come up with something different:

ND is putting billboards up in select cities across the country:



"Notre Dame has billboards with various Irish players on them in strategically picked cities from across the country: Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jersey City/New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Tampa Bay.

“We want to make it known that we recruit nationally,” Notre Dame defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator Mike Elston told BlueandGold.com on Wednesday. “With the help of Coach Kelly, we chose 13 major cities from across the country that we currently have players from and our guys who were just drafted to play in the NFL.

“Players and families in the area can see that Notre Dame has been there before — and why not your son? Why not you?”

Having the player’s name and picture on the billboard helps build their own personal brands, and also, the Irish staff felt that it was important to include their Twitter handle as well. The exact future of name, image and likeness in college athletics is unknown, but Notre Dame wants to do all it can to promote its student-athletes.

“It’s a really cool way to help our guys expand their platform and impressions,” Elston added. “Our players know that we support their endeavors once all of this passes. There’s a great energy and excitement to involve the roster.”

The billboard initiative is only a part of what Kelly and the Irish staff have cooking on the recruiting front. Starting on Thursday, May 6, the Notre Dame coaches will be blitzing their recruiting areas by making phone calls to around 15-20 high school coaches per day through Friday, May 14."


It remains to be seen whether this recruiting tactic will produce any increased results, but it is something unique that I have never seen before.


https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-...initiative


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05-07-2021 08:18 AM
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RE: Recruiting billboards
(05-07-2021 08:18 AM)TerryD Wrote:  Notre Dame is trying something different in recruiting this May since the NCAA extended the recruiting dead period through May.

Since the coaches can't hit the road, ND is doing Zoom calls and telephone calls instead, like everyone else, but they have come up with something different:

ND is putting billboards up in select cities across the country:



"Notre Dame has billboards with various Irish players on them in strategically picked cities from across the country: Atlanta, Chicago, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis, Jersey City/New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Tampa Bay.

“We want to make it known that we recruit nationally,” Notre Dame defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator Mike Elston told BlueandGold.com on Wednesday. “With the help of Coach Kelly, we chose 13 major cities from across the country that we currently have players from and our guys who were just drafted to play in the NFL.

“Players and families in the area can see that Notre Dame has been there before — and why not your son? Why not you?”

Having the player’s name and picture on the billboard helps build their own personal brands, and also, the Irish staff felt that it was important to include their Twitter handle as well. The exact future of name, image and likeness in college athletics is unknown, but Notre Dame wants to do all it can to promote its student-athletes.

“It’s a really cool way to help our guys expand their platform and impressions,” Elston added. “Our players know that we support their endeavors once all of this passes. There’s a great energy and excitement to involve the roster.”

The billboard initiative is only a part of what Kelly and the Irish staff have cooking on the recruiting front. Starting on Thursday, May 6, the Notre Dame coaches will be blitzing their recruiting areas by making phone calls to around 15-20 high school coaches per day through Friday, May 14."


It remains to be seen whether this recruiting tactic will produce any increased results, but it is something unique that I have never seen before.


https://notredame.rivals.com/news/notre-...initiative


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If NIL comes into being, it's just another way for colleges to pay bribes directly to players without a "bag man".
05-07-2021 08:42 AM
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RE: Recruiting billboards
This might be meant to draw students just as much as athletes.

"I'm from Atlanta, and I chose Notre Dame" appeals just as much to a future NFL star as to a future lawyer who is weighing offers from Emory, Duke, and Notre Dame.

If the billboard sways one student, that's $280k in tuition, room, board, & fees over the next 4 years.
05-07-2021 11:03 AM
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