The young men who play football for Notre Dame are getting horrible treatment in this situation. They have a decent chance to play for a national title and their coach leaves. Fickell could easily do the same to Cincinnati. Early signing in football should be in early August. Late signing should be late February. No schools should announce who their new head coach will be until the day after the national championship is played. If a head coach resigns or is fired after that day, early commitments to that school should be released from their commitment if they choose and sign in February. This is ridiculous.