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The Michigan Wolverines football program has been handed a multimillion-dollar penalty and head coach Sherrone Moore has been given an additional suspension as part of a sign-sealing scandal involving former Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions, the NCAA said on Friday.
The NCAA infractions panel opted not to impose a multi-year postseason ban as part of the punishment, citing it would “unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football program,” per a press release from the NCAA. The panel instead decided a financial penalty was more appropriate.
In a statement, the University of Michigan said it disputes the findings of the investigation and plans to appeal the ruling.
In the NCAA’s statement on their decision, they said the majority of the penalties come as a result of the “impermissible scouting scheme” orchestrated by Stalions, who worked as a member of then-head coach Jim Harbaugh’s staff. Stalions was levied with an 8-year show-cause order, restricting him from all athletically related activities during that period.
Harbaugh was given a 10-year show-cause order in the sign-stealing case. That punishment would begin on August 7, 2028, after a separate 4-year show-cause order ends from a separate…
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Publish date : 2025-08-15 21:53:00
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