According to an ESPN report, the NCAA notified parties tied to the Michigan infractions case that punishments and findings will be publicly released on Friday.
Michigan has been charged with 11 total violations, including six that are considered Level I violations, all of which relate to the sign-stealing scandal and a separate recruiting investigation.
The Committee on Infractions panel will make a recommendation for punishment on Friday, and Michigan will have an option to appeal.
Michigan accused the NCAA of “grossly overreaching” and “wildly overcharging” the university in January when the NCAA first sent a notice of allegations. A Yahoo Sports report said that Michigan said that Connor Stalions, who is at the center of the sign-stealing scandal, only attended one out of 52 games involving Michigan opponents that Stalions allegedly scouted.
Eight other games were attended by Michigan staff members while family and friends attended others, which would not be an NCAA violations. The university claims that much of the sign-stealing operation was done without breaking any NCAA rules and didn’t provide an unfair advantage for the Wolverines.
Punishments could unclude fines, suspensions, scholarship reductions, forcing the school to vacate wins or a bowl ban. There will likely be some punishment for head coach Sherrone Moore, who deleted a thread of 52 text messages with Stalions. Moore is already set to serve a two-game suspension in Weeks 3 and 4 of the 2025 season, which are games against Central Michigan and Nebraska.
A report from Thamel and ESPN’s Dan Murphy said that in the NCAA’s notice of allegations, former Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh didn’t cooperate with the investigation at the time, denying requests to view relevant messages and phone records from his cell phone.
