According to a new report from Chris Balas of TheWolverine.com, the NCAA is set to deliver a Notice of Allegations against Michigan football as soon as this week.
Angelique S. Chengelis of The Detroit News reported on the Level II violations that are to be included in that Notice and what they include:
- 1. A Level II violation involving recruiting visits from three prospects during the COVID-19 dead period.
- 2. A Level II violation committed by an unidentified coach, who, in an interview with investigators, “failed to cooperate and provided misleading or false information,” per Chengelis.
- 3. A potential Level I violation in which Harbaugh “violated the NCAA principles of ethical conduct and failed to cooperate” when interrogated by investigators in 2022.
- 4. A Level II violation that, according to Chengelis, “involved the football staff’s involvement in on-campus evaluations and the use of non-coaching staff as hands-on coaches “in the presence of the assistant football coaches.”
- 5. A Level II violation regarding the first two violations. The NOA stated that Michigan “did not a. ) effectively deter and/or detect the football program’s impermissible in-person on-campus and off-campus interactions with prospective student-athletes and b. ) ensure the football program’s compliance with noncoaching staff member legislation.”
On the surface, it doesn’t seem that any of these allegations are related to the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scandal that took the college football world by storm last year, which will the be the subject of an upcoming Netflix documentary.
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