Yesterday, the New York Times reported that Notre Dame is interviewing Cincinnati’s Brian Kelly today to see if he is interested in their coaching vacancy. Tell it like it is. Notre Dame is soliciting Kelly to breach his contract with Cincinnati. Here you have a university that has made a substantial investment in a coach based upon his express contractual commitment to stay for a period of years in order to develop a successful program, and a coach who is going to speak to another school about leaving at a time his players are preparing for the biggest game of their lives in a few weeks.

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I have a column up in the Huffington Post discussing the StarCaps saga and the recent suspension of Dwayne Bowe. For a different take on the issue, please check out Professor Standens post here. In a nutshell, I do not believe that the 8th Circuits decision in the StarCaps case poses a real problem for the NFL or other sports leagues. At least not quite yet. Professor Standen, in contrast, believes that the NFLs performance enhancing drug testing policy is now dead more…