The SEC would have quashed this before it came to this.

I'm not an SEC fan but this would have never happened in the SEC. The difference is that the SEC has several schools that are always in the hunt while the B1G has TWO and while the SEC schools would unify to protect the greater good that is not the case in the B1G.

Look back a few years when Saban complained about Georgia cheating by using NIL to land recruits and when Kirby clapped back to the tune of "do you really want to go there, I used to work with you, I know where the bodies are buried" (paraphrasing) guess what happened? It was stopped. The SEC said DO NOT and it was dropped.

There are 12 B1G schools filled with jealousy, hate and envy against Michigan in particular due to their recent success and are more interested in spite and revenge than the B1G as a whole.

Every program worth a shit pushes the boundaries of the rules, some are just better at it and in this case it seems Michigan was just better at sign stealing than the others and now they're mad about it.