Do MBA students still have guaranteed access to football games?
They do. There’s a charge, but they are each guaranteed a seat at every home game. And if they hurry up and get married before the start of school, they can guarantee a seat for their spouse, too. Which is a motivation, you’d be surprised. No, but they’re spouses get tickets, too. For students who don’t have a working knowledge of football, do they need to learn it when they come to Notre Dame? Oh, yeah. We have a class for them. It’s put on by my associate Andrew Sama and he does just a tremendous job with it. It’s primarily for those who may not have an understanding of football in general or might be international and not know the sport. During orientation we have Football 101 and we teach them and let them know the traditions of the greatest football program—college football program—in the country, and it’s great. They love it. We’ve had coaches over. We’ve had players over. But yes, we conduct a class. Everybody’s got to be on the same page. What kind of person is a good fit at Me
