Michigan made 5 major rules violations

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• From January 2008 through at least last September, the school permitted football staff members to illegally monitor and conduct voluntary summer workouts and impermissible activities outside the playing season. The NCAA also alleges that U-M required players to participate in summer conditioning for disciplinary purposes, and exceed time limits for countable athletically related activities during and outside the playing season.

• Graduate assistant coach Alex Herron provided “false and misleading information to the institution and enforcement staff” during the investigation.

• Coach Rodriguez “failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the football program and failed to adequately monitor the duties and activities of quality control staff members, a graduate assistant coach and a student assistant coach, and the time limits for athletically related activities.”

• From January 2008 through at least this past September, the athletics department “failed to adequately monitor its football program to assure compliance regarding the limitations on the number, duties and activities of countable football coaches and time limits for countable athletically related activities.”

http://www.freep.com/article/20100223/SPORTS06/100223022/1054/U-M-to-address-NCAA-football-probe-today

 

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Interesting to see what actually happens with USC and MI. Hopefully with the latter, it helps somewhat with recruiting.

 

[Oddball]

are you talking to yourself again stoney?

 

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Happens all the time.

 

[DontMissHim]

Michigan will be fine- Best case= once RR's players get in he will use the spread offense to dominate the Big 10 and will be competing for NC's (if he did it at WVU he will at Michigan)

Worst case- RR stinks it up, Michigan Hires Stanfords coach and within 3 years after the hire become contenders again.

On a side note--There have been serious rumors going around about Michigan's uniforms. They have always been traditional and some classics in the CFB world-however last year many thought they would go All white (White Jersey, White pants) against Iowa. I thought it would look pretty sweet, but with a storied program like Michigan do you think they should ever consider having a "special" uniform (away from home...they will never change home uniforms-to classic)

 

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The fans who don't like it would blame RichRod for altering tradition, giving them more ammo to use against him. He's already been accused of being their version of Lane Kiffin at Tenn, constantly comparing USC (when he asst coached) to them.

 

[Thegreatone]

Jibreel Black got hosed.