ESPN: Allegations surface of shocking NCAA improprieties by MSU

A new bombshell was dropped on Twitter about Michigan’s in-state rival by ESPN’s Dan Murphy.

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It doesn’t look like a good day for those formerly associated with the Michigan State football program as friend of WolverinesWire, Curtis Blackwell, continued to press his lawsuit, now bringing the state into it while alleging more improprieties.

According to ESPN’s Dan Murphy, who has been covering the various legal happenings in East Lansing over the past several years, Blackwell alleges that Michigan State under former head coach Mark Dantonio — who abruptly resigned on the eve of National Signing Day this past February — instructed him to make illegal visits, provide improper benefits to family members of recruits, contact football players enrolled in other institutions to provoke a transfer, and another bombshell.

While Murphy doesn’t disclose which football program is in question– nor does the initial lawsuit filing — the allegation is that MSU, under Dantonio, arranged a secret video and audio taping of an out-of-state school’s practice, in advance of the Spartans matchup.

If any of this is proved to be true, what could have been an out of court settlement has the possibility of bringing on giant NCAA sanctions for the Wolverines’ in-state rival.