Notre Dame football’s Marcus Freeman stresses importance of relationship building in recruiting in NIL era [Video]

The more things change in college football, the more things stay the same.

That is certainly true about how Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman views recruiting during the new NIL age of the sport. 

“At the end of the day it’s going to come down to relationships and that is more important than anything. Can you get this young person and his family to trust you and your football program to lead their son for four years.” Freeman said during a recent appearance on Barstool Sports’ “Pardon My Take.”

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“Because you can try and sell as much on a visit and say let’s get him to commit right now, not many guys are going to do that on that moment. So, can you continue to double down and continue to develop relationships with that kid so at the end of the day they are like ‘you know what, this is where I want to …