Michigan’s Jim Harbaugh Suspended For Rest Of Regular Season Over Sign-Stealing Scandal

1:36 PM PT — Univ. of Michigan officers simply ripped the convention’s ruling in a scathing assertion … writing, partly, “We are dismayed at the Commissioner’s rush to judgment when there is an ongoing NCAA investigation — one of in which we are fully cooperating.”

“By taking this action at this hour,” they added, “the Commissioner is personally inserting himself onto the sidelines and altering the level playing field that he is claiming to preserve. And, doing so on Veteran’s Day — a court holiday — to try to thwart the University from seeking immediate judicial relief is hardly a profile in impartiality. To ensure fairness in the process, we intend to seek a court order, together with Coach Harbaugh, preventing this disciplinary action from taking effect.”

The Large Ten has simply suspended Jim Harbaugh for the remainder of the common season … after it says the Michigan soccer group was concerned in an intricate sign-stealing scheme that violated guidelines.

The convention introduced Harbaugh will nonetheless be allowed to educate his group throughout weekdays whereas serving his suspension … however on the Wolverines’ three remaining gamedays this 12 months, he should not be current.

Of course, it is a large deal for UM, contemplating two of these three contests are towards No. 10 Penn State and No. 1 Ohio State.

Michigan, nonetheless, is reportedly anticipated to hunt authorized motion now that might enable Harbaugh to nonetheless be capable to coach his group throughout Saturday’s recreation towards the Nittany Lions.

The scandal surrounding Harbaugh and the Wolverines all started after group staffer Connor Stalions was accused of buying tickets to Large Ten video games over the previous three years with the intent of attempting to decipher Michigan opponents’ sideline indicators.

In saying its punishment for Harbaugh on Friday … the Large Ten stated it discovered not less than some degree of validity to the claims — writing that Michigan gained “an unfair competitive advantage that compromised the integrity of competition” over all of it.

This isn’t the primary time Harbaugh has been in scorching water this season … he was additionally banned from the group’s first three video games over alleged transgressions in the course of the COVID lifeless interval.

Michigan is at present 9-0 regardless of all the drama … and ranked No. 3 within the nation.