The Michigan football program received a notice of Allegations from the NCAA last December in regards to allegations of impermissible contact with recruits within the department during the COVID-19 dead period in 2021; those details are now public.
An 11-page notice of allegations (NOA) was recently released by U-M with a handful of redactions − which removed all staffers named in the NOA other than Jim Harbaugh, as well as specific dates − in response to when the Detroit Free Press filed a Freedom of Information Act last December, which includes examples of impermissible contact with recruits, a staffer who took part in verboten on-field activity and a former head coach who showed “dishonest conduct.”
In the NOA, counts 1, 2, 4 and 5 were all deemed to be Level II violations by the NCAA, or a mid-level offense. According to the document, the first count involved “members of the football staff (who) provided then football prospective student-athlete 1 access to the football facilities and met with him in the football weight room.”
It continues to say that that staffers met a second prospective athlete and his father at a local restaurant and that the football program provided a discounted meal. There was another occasion where the same un-named student-athlete and his father went to meet with staffers “for a cost-free meal at a local restaurant” the investigation found.
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“The enforcement staff believes a hearing panel could conclude that Allegation No. 1 is Level II because the violations (a) were intentional, (b) were not isolated or limited, (c) provided or were intended to provide more than a minimal recruiting or other advantage, (d) involved multiple recruiting violations and (e) compromised the integrity of the NCAA…
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Author : Detroit Free Press
Publish date : 2024-07-31 18:05:50
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