The Michigan sign-stealing controversy highlights how incredibly stupid college football can be
Can’t expect the NCAA to pay players if it can’t afford helmets with headsets
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Deadspin nails the stupidity of the Michigan “scandal”
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I'm reading that college football is stupid and could have prevented this issue. Not sure their suggesting the scandal is stupid.The Michigan sign-stealing controversy highlights how incredibly stupid college football can be
Can’t expect the NCAA to pay players if it can’t afford helmets with headsets
“While I’m all for defiant Jim Harbaugh quotes to spice up what’s been a pretty sleepy football season thus far, this is ludicrous. Treating sign stealing with this level of severity and scrutiny is an insult to the myriad existential issues facing the sport.”
Yea, I have a hard time buying the whole “stealing” part of this. These teams show their signs very publicly to other teams, tens of thousands of fans in the stands and live streaming to millions of others each and every week.
If they did it, they broke a rule. But this seems more like a speeding ticket, than a DUI if that makes sense.
They broke multiple rules. In person scouting is not allowed. Neither is using electronic equipment to film it. Same thing happened with the Astros. Coach was fired, GM fired, largest fine in the history of MLB…guys that were on the te that had moved into coaching had to resign from their jobs. Players got immunity for flipping, but it was a huge deal.
Correct. They broke rules. But to what end? In-person scouting isn’t allowed to save program’s money - that’s literally the reason. it’s not like watching a game in person is a huge advantage. And every team literally has access to film of every game from every team at their fingertips. So electronic recording is pretty much moot as well.
Signal stealing is part of the game. They just broke the rules of signal stealing (allegedly). Slap them on the wrist and move on.