That 10 year contract was a bad idea from the start. The administration buckled under pressure after those NFL rumors started circulating and bought into the early successes and excitement from winning again after some miserable seasons under Ty. It used to be Notre Dame didn't offer any long term contracts like that, especially after such a short period of time. I remember my grandfather talking about meeting Lou in '91 at the Hawaii game and he disclosed that he was just offerred a long term contract by the university, and this was 3 years after winning the National Championship. Up to that point everything was short term.