Good for them. The need an extra boost.
This is just another reason college athletics have changed over the years. An education is apparently not earned at some schools (or don't want to be earned). This is why our youth, and future is going down a greased drain. Below is an exert from an article on a recruit.
Lynch is regarded as a difference-maker.
“What led me to make this choice was that this is not a four-year decision,” Lynch said. “I know if I come here and get my degree, I can go anywhere in the country and get a job if football doesn't take me that way. Notre Dame is where I want to be.”
Lynch, who made 52 tackles with 16 sacks last season, said that Irish head coach Brian Kelly was ecstatic with the news, and started dancing around in his office.
“He was going crazy,” Lynch said. “He was real happy that I was going to commit, because I told him last time that this was the place I wanted to be, but I wanted to check out other schools.”
Lynch studied film of last season's Cincinnati team and likes the 3-4 defensive scheme that enabled the Bearcats to finish in the top 10 in the nation with 37 sacks. Defensive line pressure has been an area of concern for the Irish in recent seasons.
Lynch is happy to have the recruiting process over.
“The last couple of weeks were really stressful,” he said. “I had everybody on my back, calling me, all the coaches saying, ‘Come here. This is a great place for you.' My heart's at Notre Dame. This is where I want to be.”
Others, however, weren't so sure.
“A lot of the players (at Island Coast High School) like FSU or Florida, and they were like, ‘Why would you go to Indiana and play for this highly academic school, when you can go to FSU and play, and you don't have to do a lot of the work. You just pass right through,'” Lynch said. “I'd rather come to a school and work hard to be successful, rather than just have it handed to me.”