The University of Notre Dame created quite the stir nationwide on Monday when they announced that the school would welcome back students to campus in August.
It didn’t come without plenty of questions, however. To give more clarity on Notre Dame’s plan to return students to campus, why the adjusted schedule and if there will be football this fall, Notre Dame President, Father John Jenkins appeared on NBC’s TODAY Show Tuesday to help give more clarity.
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Jenkins didn’t have all the answers, something he freely admitted and I’m sure the short “I don’t have all the details yet” won’t fly for a good amount of people but he did give a strong explanation as to why the schedule has been adjusted to have an extended break after Thanksgiving through New Years.
Jenkins non-commitment to football and sports being played in the fall is also somewhat surprising to me. I wasn’t expecting a full “Games will be played and fans will be in the stands!” but Jenkins came off more reserved than I was thinking he would.
Hopefully it’s just Jenkins being cautious with words and trying to not have anything come back to bite him down the road. After NCAA President Mark Emmert’s comments that sports wouldn’t be played if students weren’t on campus though, this is a good first step.