In reply to: An enterprising Observer reporter could make his/her bones posted by FL_Irish
That or maybe the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree for interests of kids. These are high achieving people. I’m no fortunate son but this is pretty tame and not a good look for the board.
If these kids are as talented as their old man -- cough, cough -- they should have no trouble landing on their feet and even thriving a thousand places other than Notre Dame's business "partners."
It's not this board that's looking horrible here.
What's this world coming to, if a father can't help his kids?
CBS, not NBC. CAA, not Wasserman.
And somewhere else, not Notre Dame.
from his connections. It's an even bigger concern that he may not be acting in the best interest of Notre Dame when he chooses to work with companies that employ his kids.
Is a deal with Under Armour the best deal for ND, or the best deal for his son? Is a deal with Peacock the best deal for ND (and its students, alums and fans), or the best deal for his daughter?
You had employees of the university in position to influence outcomes (in that case if kids get in) willing to take bribes in exchange.
Here you could have him selecting (or maintaining) ND vendors and partners based on the child's employment. There is the initial job and then promotions as the relationship builds and the profits grow. He's a smart lawyer - this is far more difficult to prove. The best you can probably do is connect the dots and say this creates a bad appearance. And he can say appearances don't matter - everyone is getting their situation (partnerships, kid's jobs) through pure merit. Some companies would not allow this. ND obviously does. Jenkins knows - he officiated her wedding.
P.S. His son-in-law, her husband, appears to have also benefited. But his appear to be more of benefiting from Jack's connections rather than leveraging specific ND vendors.
This is getting hilarious.....Wasserman (aka TeamWass) where someone named Connor Swarbrick works since 2011. Nothing like having family members cover all sides of a transaction. The big winner is Team Swarbrick.