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It is a bullshit excuse - the Katzenmoyer era is over - by ndhouston
I agree that most of the opposing players faced by Notre Dame would get into Notre Dame and succeed. D-I athletics is a much more serious concern than it was even 10 years ago. The money is way too big for it to be anything else.
Furthermore, we now have academies like IMG where more and more of the top-end players congregate to receive elite coaching along with an academic focus to get them in school and keep them there.
That said, it is worth mourning what we have lost. This level of professionalization is killing the competitive balance of the sport, similar to how the AAU leagues and "one and done" have played havoc with college basketball.