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Newsstand: Jim Harbaugh declines response to Michigan NCAA ruling

Anthony Broomeby: Anthony Broome08/17/25anthonytbroome
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Former Michigan Wolverines football and current Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh did not have much to say after the NCAA announced its sanctions against his former employer for the sign-stealing saga.

Following the Chargers’ preseason showdown with the Los Angeles Rams, Harbaugh was asked about the punishment and the reaction to his 10-year show-cause order.

“Like I said to you last year, not engaging. Not engaging,” he said.

Michigan announced Friday afternoon it would appeal the sanctions, which adds another 8 or so months to the process. It disagreed with the interpretation of NCAA rules and punishments that included fines estimated in the $35 million range, show-causes for Harbaugh, Connor Stalions and Denard Robinson and a suspension for head coach Sherrone Moore for two games this season and one game next year.

“We appreciate the work of the Committee on Infractions,” Michigan said in a Friday statement. “But, respectfully, in a number of instances the decision makes fundamental errors in interpreting NCAA bylaws; and it includes a number of conclusions that are directly contrary to the evidence — or lack of evidence — in the record. We will appeal this decision to ensure a fair result, and we will consider all other options.”

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“No matter how much you sit there and say — and it’s a reasonable opinion — ’someone had to know what Connor Stalions is doing. Someone had to know what was going on. How could this be isolated?’ They were never able to prove anyone other than Connor … it wasn’t getting up to the coordinator level or the head coach or anything like that. That was a big part of it. Believe me, I get if you’re not a Michigan fan, you don’t want to hear ‘low-level staffer’ or ‘rogue guy’ doing it. But they never were able to prove that, so that limited them.”

– ESPN’s Dan Wetzel on 97.1 The Ticket’s ‘Karsch And Anderson’.

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