Jon's Son's College Football Team To Be Subject of Weekly Series

Newsweek:

Notre Dame (University) has inked a deal—for a “modest fee”...with Showtime (cable TV) to produce a weekly documentary series, A Season With Notre Dame Football...

The dozen or so Showtime staffers who embed themselves in South Bend this autumn...could devote an entire 30-minute episode to the scions on the Notre Dame roster. Wide receiver Corey Robinson, a budding star, is the son of NBA Hall of Famer David Robinson, walk-on cornerback Jesse Bongiovi is the progeny of rocker Jon Bon Jovi, and freshman defensive back Nicco Fertitta is the son of Lorenzo Fertitta, the CEO of Ultimate Fighting Championship...

(But)...the characters are technically amateurs. Should a student-athlete, one who has signed a contract to play football at Notre Dame in exchange for a free education, be under any obligation to open a window into his off-field existence?

...Says Stephen Espinoza, the executive vice president of Showtime Sports, “We would honor any player’s request if he does not want to be depicted in the series.”

Can't find any stats on Jesse for this year -- guess he hasn't played yet. But I agree: He and his "scion" teammates are newsworthy within themselves.

So whether we see Jesse remains to be seen.