Tom VanHaaren: "There was no evidence tying Partridge to the sign-stealing scheme and his termination stemmed from a lack of cooperation with the NCAA investigation."

Because the whole thing is a farce.

He's now conspicuous by his absence. 

Edit: banned. He's been banned.

Multiple sources say that Partridge is not alleged at this time of knowing about the advanced scouting by Stalions, but acted after the fact to cover up evidence. Sources tell Yahoo Sports that a booster — named in the NCAA report as "Uncle T" — helped fund the scheme, giving Stalions thousands of dollars for expenses.

Partridge is an idiot if he did this

Not surprised a booster was involved. Booster is also an idiot.

Partrgide clearly concealed what he did from the boss. Has to go for that reason.

Stupid mistake is frequently the reason people are fired.

WI chancellor knocks the heads and says we are all playing in shit, freeze frame where we are, and stop.  

Ono is duty bound to report this to the board.  Mcquade, and probably others, point out that the TRO was effectively denied already.  Board tells law firm we are settling without admitting any wrongdoing,( my guess, Petty Titty threatened to ban us from title game.  We could beat Ohio, they get in title game anyway, Ohio beats IA 50-10, and playoff committee takes them & not us). Certainty is they proved Partridge screwed up, enough for the head coach being responsible for staff to fly as grounds for BT suspension.  Losing the injunction and continuing the litigation is a distraction for the players.  UM tells Harbaugh we are settling.  Is he supposed to continue solo?  UM pulled the rug out from under him, he decides it is about the players, whom he addresses today on Partridge firing et al.  Partridge sank himself, and JH, by preserving plausible deniability and leaving his boss out of the loop.  Team has choice how to react.  I bet they rally around the coach they love and kick ass the next 2 weeks.  I await the wording of the settlement stip and order, as opposed to press releases, to see the precise terms.

Nope, Texas A&M and Florida are above aboard with NIL. Plus getting players who wouldn't be there or be eligible to play if caught cheating isn't an on field advantage. You only get advantage if you watch TV, or go to a game with a couple thousand people, or get All 22 film with sideline views. 

Ive been critical of Balas too for being a doomer. I may need to offer an apology as the doomer may have been right while Hole and Henschke were the guys with junk sources

Telling some players who were being interviewed by ncaa what and what not to say.

and the most frustrating thing is the program getting torpedoed for something so stupid and something that they didn't need to do.

And unlike other 'scandals' where its something like money to recruits, players, familes etc., people don't generally question the legitimacy of those teams when that happens. People just get in fired or whatever and they move on. This -regardless of how dumb and inconsequential it actually is- will have people talking for the next decade about how illegitimate these few seasons have been and how M are such big 'cheaters'

This isn't a criminal trial

Probably not to the ncaa or conference, seeing as how it’s not a court of law

Not going to happen..its a message board...more gossip and jumping to conclusions here than a baptist church's Sunday picnic. 

Agreed. I have a sneaky suspicion the article has been edited since the yahoo announcement came out. 

This.  Did Partridge really think that he had the technical ability to remove all forensic evidence of the files AND cover his tracks?  Terrible judgment and lack of loyalty to his boss and UofM. Frankly, it's much worse than what Stallions did.