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Notre Dame football will hold a version of its annual Blue-Gold Game on April 12th despite a national trend of deemphasizing spring games.Head Coach Marcus Freeman believes the spring game is a valuable opportunity for community outreach and fan interaction.Freeman acknowledges the pros and cons of different spring game formats but maintains that keeping the tradition is important for the team and fans.
SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football will hold “a version of a spring game,” fourth-year coach Marcus Freeman said Wednesday.
Amid a national trend of deemphasizing spring games or giving them additional secrecy ahead of the spring transfer portal window (April 16-25), Freeman said it was important to keep the April 12 Blue-Gold Game on the schedule.
“We will have a spring game,” Freeman said after the first spring practice. “What’s important to me is to use that as an opportunity, one, to let our players, yes, perform in front of our fans but two, it’s a chance to really integrate our community and our fans with this football program.”
Nebraska is rebranding its spring game as the “Husker Games” with multisport showcases and skills competitions. Notre Dame might not be up for the Irish Olympics, but Freeman still believes in the concept of lower-cost tickets and community outreach with the home opener almost six months away.
“That’s so important to me,” Freeman said, “to give the opportunity to fans that typically maybe don’t get the opportunity to come to a Notre Dame game. Or if they do to give them another opportunity to come and engage with our players. I don’t want to take…
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