Liberty U. wants to be the new Notre Dame in football, so says their founder. How soon til they do something similar, if they are not already?
If this is a draw for Clemson recruiting (and I don't know if it truly is or not), then where have ND, BC, SMU, TCU, Baylor, BYU, and the many, many church-affiliated schools who play Div. 1 football been? (including the dozens of church-related 1AA level schools all over the country) And if not already on this curve, will they be far behind now that this is widely known?
I suspect someone or some group will make a stink about this at some point, Clemson being a public school and all. But if it is truly voluntary and confined to a specific on-campus organization (such as football, if we can categorize it as such), then to each their own... which may not be how the law would interpret it.
The athletes of the last couple of decades seem to have embraced their religious beliefs more intensely than I recall from the longer past. They are very open about their feelings. So I can see how this appeals to a large number of today's college athletes where in the past it was just not as open. It's a different and ever-evolving world. Sometimes I just don't keep up as quickly as maybe I should.
