If the sign-stealing scandal involving the University of Michigan football program had not made your head explode yet, it did late Friday afternoon when the Big Ten suspended coach Jim Harbaugh despite acknowledging it had no evidence he had direct knowledge of impermissible conduct by a staff member. GO DEEPER Wasserman: The Big Ten's punishment of Jim Harbaugh was sloppy, …
Big Ten first-year commissioner Tony Petitti satisfied the angry mob and did the wrong thing Friday, invoking his league’s sportsmanship policy and suspending Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh for the team’s three remaining regular-season games. A 10-page letter written by lawyers, signed by Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel, and sent this week to the Big Ten and first revealed by Yahoo …
Michigan has self-imposed a three-game suspension for coach Jim Harbaugh following alleged recruiting violations within the football program, the school announced Monday. The NCAA’s Committee on Infractions previously rejected a negotiated resolution that included a four-game suspension, clearing Harbaugh’s path to coach the entire season. We’re going to rally behind him.” — Meek Backstory Michigan was working toward a four-game …
