BATON ROUGE — LSU's governing board on Friday authorized the new university president to formally send a notice of termination to Brian Kelly, three weeks after the school's then-athletic director publicly announced the football coach's departure.

Kelly sued the school Nov. 10 , saying that while he was told in October that he was being fired for his team's performance, school administrators had changed their course and now intended to fire him "for cause," which would negate a $54 million payout. A firing "for cause" would require certain steps from LSU, including a formal notice to the coach.

The Board of Supervisors met in secret for 26 minutes Friday to discuss Kelly's lawsuit, then took up one sole motion from Athletics Committee chair John Carmouche: "I move to authorize the pres

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