oriental andrew

January 30th, 2024 at 5:47 PM ^

Hey, they could be facing a similar stiff punishment to what FSU received:

After receiving criticism for being unable to make the rules stick in the NIL/transfer portal era, this is at least the second significant case NCAA Enforcement has advanced to the point of potential sanctions. Earlier in January, the NCAA and Florida State reached a negotiated resolution on an infractions case that resulted in a three-game suspension for a Seminoles assistant coach and a three-year disassociation from the FSU athletic program for a booster connected to the Rising Spear collective.

Who says they aren't harsh when they need to be? FSU may as well pack up their things and quit football after that massive penalty. 

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drjaws

January 30th, 2024 at 1:46 PM ^

blah blah player safety joke blah blah burgers blah blah 

in all honesty though, when are they going after A&M, UGA, an Ohio State, etc.

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Rendezvous

January 30th, 2024 at 6:09 PM ^

"when are they going after A&M, UGA, an Ohio State, etc."

Probably when one of their main rivals secretly hires a PI firm because the rival feels threatened by the the other school's resurgence. (Expect A&M to get investigated if their investments start cranking out 11-2 seasons instead of 7-6.)

Was this Tennessee investigation initiated by their key rivals, Alabama or Georgia? Doubtful, because A) they don't feel threatened by TN, and B) they don't want to start a retribution war within the SEC. So a much different catalyst situation than U of M's 'Signgate' case.

 

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Robbie Moore

January 30th, 2024 at 1:47 PM ^

There is this choice line in the article:

"The NCAA also declined comment in a statement to SI. “With rare exceptions, the NCAA does not comment on current, pending or potential investigations due to confidentiality rules put in place by member schools,” 

Except, of course, when it pertains to Michigan.

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bronxblue

January 30th, 2024 at 2:06 PM ^

I mean, the NCAA has always been a feckless, hypocritical organization but what's going to be funny is that Tennessee's violations are likely going to be way more egregious than anything dug up against UM and yet it'll get 1/100th the coverage mostly because the Vols are just assumed to be cheaters (and bad at it, given how frequently they get popped for it).

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AllHailUM

January 30th, 2024 at 1:51 PM ^

Perfect timing for this to drop. Why could this have not been during the peak of the season with the most important games of the season upcoming? Oh, it's an SEC team? Nothing to see here.

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Perkis-Size Me

January 30th, 2024 at 1:52 PM ^

I don't even have to read the article to tell you nothing will come of this. The NCAA picks and chooses who it will go after or who it will actually try to inflict punishment on. 

More accurately, the NCAA picks and chooses the schools it will inflict punishment on by punishing the schools that still actually, you know, listen to them and defer to them as a responsible, dignified organization. Michigan seems to be one of the few schools left that gives the NCAA the deference it thinks it deserves. 

Tennessee knows nothing will actually come of this. Nothing of substance, anyway. Meanwhile, if I'm Michigan I feel like I have to walk around on eggshells because if I buy a recruit a f*****g cheeseburger, I'm going to be threatened with Level I violations and lack of institutional control. 

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Sonny Jim

January 30th, 2024 at 6:12 PM ^

There’s probably nothing the NCAA can do.  Yeah, Tennessee probably violated the rules. But to expect the NCAA to do anything about that is too much.  They’re doing a terrific job governing college football, just like Warde has done a terrific job running the U of M athletic department and retaining talented coaches.  Why so many “pile on the NCAA” comments here?

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JonathanE

January 30th, 2024 at 3:37 PM ^

Yeah, because the contact with a recruit during the dead period never happened nor did the analysts doing on field coaching. Oh wait, Harbaugh and Michigan actually did break the rules. It's debatable whether Harbaugh's I don't recall or don't remember defense rises to lying or misleading investigators, I can't fathom how it does, but all of those other rules Michigan and Harbaugh were accused of violating, they did. 

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JonathanE

January 30th, 2024 at 4:40 PM ^

I'll bet you hand out participation trophies and tell the kids they are winners. There are far too many people who claim righteous indignation over the bogus Level I violation and thus pretend that the Level II violations are also somehow tainted. 

If making the whole thing go away by having Harbaugh sit out 4-cupcake-games, that would have been time, energy and aggravation well spent and in the rear-view mirror.   

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JonathanE

January 31st, 2024 at 3:54 AM ^

Sure he is gone but I'm not looking to blame a strawman because he is. For all of that great coaching you do, what happens when your kids actually break the rules? Is it someone else's fault? Do you look around and try to find someone to blame? 

As for selective enforcement, someone made the allegations. They were investigated and found to be true. Now I have no idea how a I don't remember or a I don't recall turns into a level I violation. But we don't know everything that went into that finding. As bogus as the level I violation sounds, the fact is that we don't have to have a level I violation if there were not any level II violations. Those happened under Harbaugh's watch. There was going to be punishment of some kind. Blaming Warde because Harbaugh was punished is disingenuous. 

Finally, for all of your cool vibes, you were the one who came here and called me cheap, a bad father and a thief. But yeah, your one calm dude. 

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