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Rooney Rule looms over Harbaugh hire

Jim Harbaugh

Stanford football head coach Jim Harbaugh yells instructions during practice at Barry University in Miami Shores, Fla., Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. Stanford is scheduled to play Virginia Tech in the Orange Bowl NCAA college football game on Jan. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Hans Deryk)

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So the Dolphins currently have a head coach, Tony Sparano. And they’re reportedly close to hiring a new one, Jim Harbaugh.

How, then, will they comply the Rooney Rule?

We have a theory. We explained it earlier today, during ProFootballTalk Live.

In a nutshell, we think they already have.

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