ND Star Safety with high praise for college life

Submitted by Bluesnu on

I came across an SI article on Max Redfield, a star safety for Notre Dame who was once committed to USC.  What's funny is his (spot on) quote about life at ND. 

 

"“I knew it was going to be rough,” says Redfield, who committed to Notre Dame at the 2013 Under Armour All-America Game. “Nightlife would be a lot worse, the women would be a lot worse, the weather -- a lot worse. But it’s a business decision. I know for a fact it will pay off in the future even though it’s rough now.”

 

Link: http://www.si.com/college-football/2014/10/13/max-redfield-notre-dame-f…

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DonAZ

October 15th, 2014 at 10:05 AM ^

Another perspective -- if he thought USC was going into a football dry spell because of sanctions and ND was in an ascendency, then going to ND makes sense from an exposure point of view.

That has some merit.  ND and its players normally get a bit more positive exposure than it merits (because it's ND).  If his objective is the NFL, then ND gives him a good stage on which to sell his wares.

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Ali G Bomaye

October 15th, 2014 at 10:21 AM ^

It should be obvious that spending your college years at a small, conservative religious school located in a crappy town in northern Indiana won't be the most fun option.  But Notre Dame is one of the schools, like Michigan, that provides a great education and access to a powerful worldwide base of alumni.

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AmishRule

October 15th, 2014 at 10:24 AM ^

I waiver on the idea of paying college athletes, but reading his quote doesn't help the "they should be compensated" cause.

The weekly payment into his "business" seems unnecessary.

Please que up this afternoon's idiot quote....

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MoJo Rising

October 15th, 2014 at 10:32 AM ^

USC is in a bad area. But that's it. The school is top notch in all aspects. It has a very active and generous Alumni and ranks highly in many different programs. I think athletes are sold a bunch of bull to think that somehow they will be taken care of after college if they don't make it to the pros. Some might but it is up to the individual to make things happen. But I would love to know how he knows for a fact that it will "pay off" for him. And what does he mean by "pay off?"
 

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TooFratToFail

October 15th, 2014 at 10:41 AM ^

I think we all know how "high and mighty" ND holds themselves out to be, and what a farce that actually is.  There have been, what, one direct death linked to the football program (Sullivan) and one indirectly linked through rumors of sexual assault by a player.  They have players prostituting themselves for grades, creating false life stories and girlfriends, rampant cheating among their players, "tutors" having sex with players, players arrested for assaulting police officers, etc.  Truly a despicable program.  Really living up to the false Christian values they profess to adhere to.

 

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Mr Miggle

October 15th, 2014 at 11:32 AM ^

that he started researching academics so late in the game. The football reasons are actually compelling. USC's season imploded and a slew of recruits decommitted around the same time as Redfield. Among the remaining commits were two 5* safeties.

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543Church

October 15th, 2014 at 12:52 PM ^

When I was in school at UM I had no complaints about the parties.   You can find whatever floats your boat since there is a much wider variety of people on campus than other colleges.    If you are a party animal intent on flunking out in the middle of your sophomore year then UM has that crowd for you, just not in the quanities that CMU or MSU do.   The party atmosphere isn't the reason most of the kids studied their ass off in high school to get into UM.

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mackbru

October 15th, 2014 at 1:21 PM ^

What a truly inane and ignorant thing to say about Michigan, a place populated by a huge and vast assortment of students -- although maybe you would have been happier at campus with nothing but perpetually drunk bottle-blondes with bleached teeth.

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DrewGOBLUE

October 15th, 2014 at 1:42 PM ^

Couldn't disagree more. The parties you'd find at Staee were always just a bunch of brahs along with girls that acted really dumb and obnoxious after a few drinks. Plus, more often than not, the people would all be from the same hometown, pathetically clinging to their high school friends. MSU parties were typically smaller and just less exciting, also. And you'd have to pay someone $5 or $10 for a stupid Solo cup to drink their Keystone beer.
As for CMU, I only visited friends there a couple times during college. It was...like what you'd expect at Central (which isn't a tip of the cap to them).

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phork

October 15th, 2014 at 3:46 PM ^

Yup and with all that going against the decision you hear something that not many kids say.  "Its a business decision".  40 year plan.

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ca_prophet

October 15th, 2014 at 4:33 PM ^

He has priorities and understands short-term versus long-term tradeoffs. That's well ahead of a lot of 17-18 year olds; good for him. Whether he's talking about playing time or life after football, he's at least got a plan.

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M-Dog

October 15th, 2014 at 7:15 PM ^

Like I told myself and I will tell my kids:  Go to a place where you will get a good education and good job prospects. 

Then you can afford all the parties and cool vacations in tropical spots you want.

What are all those Tallahasee kids that partied away their education doing five years after graduation?  Hint:  Thier best days are behind them.

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Lurker

October 16th, 2014 at 12:47 AM ^

In reading the responses I wonder if anyone actually bothered to read the article. Redfield isn't your typical 5* football player. The first two paragraphs of the article (below) make that clear and explain why he choose ND over USC. ND doesn't win many battles for 5* kids who are all football. There are plenty of schools with better women, weather, and easier class loads. The 5* guys they get tend to be guys like Redfield who see life beyond football. --- SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- Five days a week, Max Redfield takes a Mandarin Chinese class at Notre Dame. There is a quiz nearly every day, two assignments due per week, plus oral exams, movie narrations and skits. There are 3,000 characters to learn, sometimes 15 strokes to a character, and one errant swipe is the difference between right and wrong. For a college football player with a packed schedule, it is not a particularly advisable course of study. That's why the sophomore’s academic advisors wonder why he chose it. He has answers for this blowback. Redfield has always been intrigued by China. It is an expanding market with a booming population and, as the international economics major notes, a lot of money to be made. Also, in middle school, he caught a couple episodes of CSI. That sparked an interest in criminal investigation and forensics, which sparked an interest in government agencies, which has him now aiming to join the CIA. Learning Chinese is tradecraft, a tool to help Redfield blend in.

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