Michigan given three-year probation, recruiting penalties by NCAA for football violations

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Michigan and five current or former staff members of its football program have reach an agreement with the NCAA on recruiting violations and “coaching activities by noncoaching staff members that occurred within the football program, and the appropriate penalties for those violations.”

According to Yahoo Sports’ Ross Dellenger, Michigan will be on probation for three years, face a fine and restrictions to recruiting, and the penalized coaches will have one-year show-cause orders.

Penalties:
– three years of probation for Michigan
– a fine & recruiting restrictions
– one-year show-cause orders for the coaches

— Ross Dellenger (@RossDellenger) April 16, 2024

One former Michigan coach — presumably former head coach Jim Harbaugh — did not take part in the agreement and the NCAA’s Committee on Infractions will treat that case separately.

“The agreed-upon violations involve impermissible in-person recruiting contacts during a COVID-19 dead period, impermissible tryouts, and the program exceeding the number of allowed countable coaches when noncoaching staff members engaged in on- and off-field coaching activities (including providing technical and tactical skills instruction to student-athletes),” said the NCAA in a statement. “The negotiated resolution also involved the school’s agreement that the underlying violations demonstrated a head coach responsibility violation and the former football head coach failed to meet his responsibility to cooperate with the investigation. The school also agreed that it failed…

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Author : Yahoo Sports

Publish date : 2024-04-16 17:33:13

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