Michigan gets its “penalty”

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A $20 million fine has gotta hurt at least a bit - even for Michigan. Will certainly give opposing fans some vocal ammunition - especially when on the road to schools like OSU or PSU. Not sure if the 25% reduction in official visits for 2025-26 really means much at all.
 







Imagine if the NC2A putting this type of effort into the UNCheat fraud. Poor Cleveland State and any HBCU school.
 





as the warrior in Dances With Wolves said: "Good... Trade".

Natty for some penalty dollars. Most anyone would take that.
 

The NCAA should adopt "Toothless" from How to Train Your Dragon as their mascot. Not the cool one from the movies, the inept, bumbling one from the books.
 







Just a couple of weeks ago someone in the other thread was just so dang sure Michigan was getting hammered...mocked me for saying it would be a slap on the wrist. Hmmm...
 



Any punishment that doesn't involve a post season ban of some kind isn't really a punishment.

As others have said this is just a slap on the wrist. 20 million sounds like an impressive fine but for a place like Michigan it isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. And like the tweet said I'm sure they are fine trading 20 million for a National Championship.
 

Clem called was woundering what kind of penalty would they have gotten if they cheated on a test? Maybe a stripping of all titles? They cheated that actually affected games and made their record a faud. I guess it's Michgan.
 
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Can’t wait that I’m sure we’ll get to see McCarthy get asked about this numerous times this year now
 

If you're playing against the #1 defense the nation, and you know that they're going to be in ..... Base ... for this play. How does that mean you can do whatever you want on offense?

It was cheating.

But even if you know a fastball is coming, you still have to hit it.
 

mggoph said:
Who get's the money from the fine? What is it used for?
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I want to see the parking lot at NCAA HQ. It's their version of NIL.

As for the penalty, I had a couple of friends who attended Catholic school in the 1950s and 1960s and they told me the nuns could be pretty rough on the knuckles with the ruler. Looks like the NCAA rapped Michigan's knuckles with a feather or wet noodle.
 

MNVCGUY said:
Any punishment that doesn't involve a post season ban of some kind isn't really a punishment.

As others have said this is just a slap on the wrist. 20 million sounds like an impressive fine but for a place like Michigan it isn't that big a deal in the grand scheme of things. And like the tweet said I'm sure they are fine trading 20 million for a National Championship.
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Selective enforcement of the rules is pretty old school, familiar to Gopher fans. What’s new here is rationalization an of exchange of monetary penalties for postseason bans or roster reductions. The kinder, gentler NCAA’s idea of deterrence should only encourage every program to cheat like hell, including PJ. I suppose if somebody feels Michigan didn’t gain any advantage from their scheme this seems like a huge penalty. If they did it’s not nearly enough.




Michigan's repeat violator status, coupled with its Level I-Aggravated case classification, is sufficient grounds for a multiyear postseason ban. However, the panel determined that a postseason ban would unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football program. Thus, the panel determined a more appropriate penalty is an offsetting financial penalty instead of a two-year postseason ban.

Similarly, the NCAA membership has shifted from scholarship limits to roster spots. The NCAA membership has not yet determined whether roster reductions will replace scholarship reductions as a core penalty, and the panel did not want to prematurely make that decision on behalf of the membership. Instead, the panel adhered to the percentages contemplated for Level I-Aggravated scholarship reductions but converted the penalty to the financial equivalent of what would have been scholarship reductions.

The total financial penalties in this case will result in a multimillion-dollar fine.

The prescribed penalties for the parties who contested their violations in this case are as follows:

  • Four years of probation.
  • Financial penalties:
    • $50,000 fine, plus 10% of the budget for the football program.
    • A fine equivalent to the anticipated loss of all postseason competition revenue sharing associated with the 2025 and 2026 football seasons.
    • A fine equivalent to the cost of 10% of the scholarships awarded in Michigan's football program for the 2025-26 academic year.
  • A 25% reduction in football official visits during the 2025-26 season.
  • A 14-week prohibition on recruiting communications in the football program during the probation period.
 

Pompous Elitist said:
Selective enforcement of the rules is pretty old school, familiar to Gopher fans. What’s new here is rationalization an of exchange of monetary penalties for postseason bans or roster reductions. The kinder, gentler NCAA’s idea of deterrence should only encourage every program to cheat like hell, including PJ. I suppose if somebody feels Michigan didn’t gain any advantage from their scheme this seems like a huge penalty. If they did it’s not nearly enough.




Michigan's repeat violator status, coupled with its Level I-Aggravated case classification, is sufficient grounds for a multiyear postseason ban. However, the panel determined that a postseason ban would unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football program. Thus, the panel determined a more appropriate penalty is an offsetting financial penalty instead of a two-year postseason ban.

Similarly, the NCAA membership has shifted from scholarship limits to roster spots. The NCAA membership has not yet determined whether roster reductions will replace scholarship reductions as a core penalty, and the panel did not want to prematurely make that decision on behalf of the membership. Instead, the panel adhered to the percentages contemplated for Level I-Aggravated scholarship reductions but converted the penalty to the financial equivalent of what would have been scholarship reductions.

The total financial penalties in this case will result in a multimillion-dollar fine.

The prescribed penalties for the parties who contested their violations in this case are as follows:

  • Four years of probation.
  • Financial penalties:
    • $50,000 fine, plus 10% of the budget for the football program.
    • A fine equivalent to the anticipated loss of all postseason competition revenue sharing associated with the 2025 and 2026 football seasons.
    • A fine equivalent to the cost of 10% of the scholarships awarded in Michigan's football program for the 2025-26 academic year.
  • A 25% reduction in football official visits during the 2025-26 season.
  • A 14-week prohibition on recruiting communications in the football program during the probation period.
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Said in another thread that I understand the concept of not punishing the current players/coaches for the sins of previous players/coaches......but I stand by the opinion that any punishment without a post season band isn't a punishment.

Plus, in this current landscape, anyone that doesn't like the ban can just transfer and most of the players at a place like Michigan would very likely have little to no trouble finding a new home.
 

Married@SiebertField said:
I like the idea of not seeing Harbaugh at Huntington Bank Stadium until 2038.
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Yeah, people missing the fact that the 10 year show cause doesn’t kick in for 3 more years, because hairball is serving a 4 year show cause from their last level 1 infraction.

Clown show
 

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