Well, there goes yet another narrative.
When it was revealed in mid-October that former Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions was allegedly operating a scheme using people to film the opposing sidelines in-game, the rhetoric from many was that Stalions was getting reimbursed for his expenses by the program itself.
On Wednesday, that claim turned out to be false.
According to the Associated Press, none of Stalions’ expenditures were expensed to the university.
Connor Stalions, the former Michigan staffer at the center of sign-stealing investigation by the NCAA, did not file any expense reports during the 17 months he was formally employed by the football program, according to the school.
The Associated Press filed a Freedom of Information Act request for Stalions’ expense reports while he was employed from May 2022 through Nov. 3, 2023. There are no responsive records, Patricia Sellinger, chief freedom of information officer at the school, replied in an email sent Wednesday.
On Friday, when the Big Ten suspended Jim Harbaugh for the rest of the regular season, it noted there has been no discovered connection between the Michigan football head coach and Stalions’ operation. Harbaugh has maintained he had no knowledge of, nor did he direct Stalions’ actions.
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