The Hammes Notre Dame Bookstore, the university's massive on-campus shop for books and school apparel, has canceled a Friday book signing featuring best-selling author Ivan Maisel.
Maisel recently authored a biography of former Notre Dame head football coach Frank Leahy titled American Coach: The Triumph and Tragedy of Notre Dame Legend Frank Leahy. His book signing was canceled by the bookstore due to a "series of events."
Notably, Maisel is a member of the College Football Playoff selection committee. The Irish were snubbed from the College Football Playoff last Sunday.
"I'm disappointed," Maisel told Matt Fortuna. "I look forward to hearing people out and talking about my book."
A member of Notre Dame's bookstore told Gene Wojciechowski that the signing has been rescheduled to the spring.
It certainly comes off as a petty decision by Notre Dame's bookstore to cancel the book signing, especially when considering that Maisel did not even take part in discussions for the committee surrounding Notre Dame due to the potential conflict of interest with his recently released book on Leahy.
It is the most recent piece of news surrounding the Fighting Irish's scorched earth approach to being left out of the College Football Playoff. Athletic director Pete Bevacqua has gone on a media tour voicing his displeasure with the lack of transparency week-to-week by the playoff committee, while Notre Dame's players decided they were skipping a bowl game all together this winter.
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