NCAA hammers Michigan with hefty fines, suspensions over sign-stealing scheme

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The NCAA has handed the Michigan football program hefty fines and suspensions for their sign-stealing scandal.

Michigan will receive a fine that is expected to be more than $20 million, including the loss of postseason football revenue for the next two seasons, according to ESPN’s report. 

Michigan’s head coach, Sherrone Moore, will also have a game added to his already-existing self-imposed two-game suspension that he will serve this upcoming season. 

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Head coach Sherrone Moore of the Michigan Wolverines watches warm-ups before the college football game between the Indiana Hoosiers and the Michigan Wolverines at Memorial Stadium on November 9, 2024, in Bloomington, IN. (Getty Images)

"Over the course of three seasons, the Michigan football program committed violations involving an off-campus, in-person scouting scheme, impermissible recruiting inducements and communications, head coach responsibility rules, individuals’ failure to cooperate and Michigan’s failure to monitor, according to a decision released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel," The NCAA said in a press release. 

The NCAA said that the majority of violations in this case stem from former Michigan football staff member Connor Stalions' impermissible scouting schemes in the 2021, 2022, and 2023 seasons. 

Stalions arranged for interns and other staff members to do off-campus, in-person scouting for future opponents. Those sent on the trip filmed and recorded their upcoming opponents' signs, which Stalions then deciphered. 

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