As a Catholic and a very long time fan of the New York Yankees, indisputably the greatest franchise in sports history, I resemble that remark. In no way ought the University of Notre Shame and its football team be mentioned in the same breath as the New York Yankees. And, unlike Notre Shame, the following are/were all actually Catholic to the best of my knowledge (even with a moral flaw here and there): Babe Ruth, Tony Lazzeri, Jumping Joe Dugan, Joe DiMaggio, Reginald Martinez Jackson, Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Derek Jeter, Eddie Lopat(ynski). Vic Raschi, Vernon Gomez, Billy Martin, Gil McDougald, Roger Maris, David Cone, Lou Pinella, David Wells (Catholic or not, a weekly Mass attendee as a Yankee), Paul O'Neill, Robinson Cano, Joseph McCarthy, Moose Skowron, Joe Pepitone, and too many more to remember. The least Catholic among them is more Catholic than Notre Shame and its faculty (with a scant few exceptions like Dean Clarence Manion, Ralph Martin, Charles Rice and and a few others) from Fr. Theodore Hesburgh forward. For that matter, Lou Gehrig was a Lutheran, Mickey Mantle was a Methodist and Mariano Rivera is a Pentecostal but each is far closer to actual Catholicism than is today's Notre Shame faculty.
The New York Yankees are God's team and today's Notre Shame is Satan's. If alive today, even George Gipp and Knute Rockne would root for Notre Shame's defeat.
The Bishop is absolutely correct. Totalitarian regimes and rulers always seek to subjugate or destroy institutions and organizations that deal with citizens outside the direct authority of the all powerful state. The Obama regime’s objective is to destroy the Church’s soul by forcing it to do things against its conscience, or to destroy its charitable, educational and, especially medical ministries through fines, seizure of property and, ultimately imprisonment of defiant medical personnel, administrators and clergy.We are in a time of persecution. Loyal Catholics can expect no help from the faux, lapsed Vichy Catholics at places like Notre Dame.