The story, and links therein, are almost 2 years old (January 2015). A December early signing for football is still later than the early signing for baseball (mid-November).
I saw a discussion of it on ESPNU last week or so. Apparently there are many, many proposed amendments to work out. For example, one amendment includes an escape clause if the coach leaves or is fired.
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