There are many reason’s why a recruit may want to commit to your school, wither it be tradition, playing time, culture, proximity to home, a certain coach, a myriad of reasons. One big reason could be facilities and just recently, as they do every year, 247Sports ranked the best facilities among college football programs.
Although there is nothing overly gaudy about Notre Dame’s facilities, they still ranked 14th overall nationally and Brad Crawford had a glowing review of what Brian Kelly and the Irish offer to their players:
“Notre Dame’s simplistic look had quite a dazzling facelift prior to the 2017 season with a new-look locker room for players. The Irish stopped short of bucking tradition however and still walk down the steps to touch the iconic “Play Like A Champion Today” message before heading out to the field. Notre Dame’s new 111,400-square-foot Irish Indoor Athletics Center, which will serve as an indoor practice facility for the football and men’s and women’s soccer programs, opened in July 2019.”
Teams are always upgrading their locker rooms, indoor facilities, pretty much everything, and to be at the cutting edge to “keeping up with the Jones” is always a pricey endeavor. Earlier last year the Irish updated their indoor facilities and released this video for fans to get an inside look at the new digs.
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Although you mainly see the Fighting Irish performing on Saturday’s, the majority of time the athletes spend are inside the facilities, so making sure everything is state of the art is very important for the future of the program. Just three years ago the locker room was updated and it’s clearly appealing for recruits and current players to be comfortable with their surroundings as they spend 3-5 years roaming around the facilities.