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“JIM HARBAUGH VS NCAA”
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Michigan football took a big hit.
The Michigan man, the former head coach, Jim Harbaugh, took a big sack.
His name is splattered everywhere in the 73-page NCAA document after the NCAA found Michigan guilty of 3-years worth of violations for Spygate, for illegal scouting, sign stealing.
It was not an isolated incident. It covered 38-games over three years, during Michigan’s glory years, triggered by assistant staffer Connor Stallions, that involved 11-members of Harbaugh’s coaching staff.
The NCAA will hand out 30M-in financial penalties to the U-of-M, Included will be fines, stripping them of future Wolverine Bowl revenue from bowls, and claiming any Big 10-bowl revenue from all the bonus money UM would get when other teams get bowl and playoff invites.
Head coach Sharrone Moore got a 3-game suspension. QB coach Dennard Robinson was suspended for 3-years from working at any NCAA school.
They stripped them of recruiting visits, imposed a dark period on contacting prospective recruits too.
Harbaugh was hit with 10-years of sanctions, on top of the 4-years of coaching bans from prior violations. In addition, his assistants Jess Minter and Steve Clinkscale had a combined 6-years of college sanction tagged on their resume.
Of course Harbaugh and those two assistants are part of the Chargers staff now.
The big issues about Harbaugh are about what else the NCAA said in the documents.
..This was an overwhelming coverup
..Harbaugh was defiant
..He refused to cooperate
..Not embraced a culture of compliance
..A contentious relationship with UM compliance staff
..Disregard of NCAA rules
You could say ‘no big thing’, Harbaugh is in the NFL and not coming back.
But you could also cite the Covid violations committed by Harbaugh in 2020m that led to sanctions and the other scandal, a key assistant indicted for identity theft, for accessing via computer, personal files of other players and students, not just at UM but in other programs. All these people were on Harbaugh’s staff.
And remember this, this is the same Harbaugh who has lectured the media about his life’s philosophy, “never lie…never cheat…never steal…apologize for mistakes-move on”.
Since the release of the NCAA document, Harbaugh has been silent, and scowled at media who dared asked him.
So the man who preaches ethics, honesty, in tent-revival tones, has all this now attached to his reputation, his legacy, his personality.
By the way, the NCAA elected not to strip Michigan of wins in those 3-years, take back the bowl and playoff money, or vacate the NCAA title Harbaugh got.
Wonder how USC feels about all thise. You remember the Trojans, the Reggie Bush financial scandal. That episode cost the Trojans wins, Pac 12 titles, bowl wins, Bush’s Heisman Trophy, and 30-scholarships too.
None of that were part of the hit job on the Wolverines, and in fact, there is no bowl ban coming or loss of scholarships either. Nice discipline decision from what’s left of NCAA Infractions credibility.
We know all the Harbaugh accomplishments, at USD, Stanford, the 49ers and at Michigan. Now we also know alot more about the DNA and the fabric of man.
So much for the ‘Michigan Man’. A big time sack to his reputation and credibility.
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