Michigan, Jim Harbaugh and NCAA
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For Michigan fans, the pride of the championship remains. For rivals and neutral observers, the achievement carries an invisible asterisk. It is this asterisk, not the $20 million fine, that defines the punishment. Michigan will always be remembered as a champion, but in the same breath, it will be remembered as a program that cheated.
The University of Michigan's football program has officially been sanctioned following an NCAA investigation into the sign-stealing scandal involving former assistant Connor Stalions.
The 74-page NCAA report detailed the rift between Jim Harbaugh's football program and the Michigan compliance department.