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Big Ten Commissioner Urges NCAA to Forgo Additional Sanctions in Michigan Sign-Stealing Case

The NCAA infractions committee is weighing 11 alleged violations including six Level I counts with a decision due before the 2025 season.

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Overview

  • Petitti argued that Michigan’s three-game suspension of Jim Harbaugh satisfied conference discipline and that further penalties are unnecessary
  • His letter was read at an early June NCAA Committee on Infractions hearing in Indianapolis while he recovered from hip replacement surgery
  • Michigan has proposed a two-game suspension for coach Sherrone Moore in 2025 over deleted text messages with former analyst Connor Stalions
  • Potential NCAA penalties include vacating past victories, postseason bans, monetary fines and coach suspensions
  • The program has combined self-imposed discipline and legal challenges—such as contesting Harbaugh’s suspension in court—to demonstrate cooperation ahead of the committee’s ruling