Big Ten to NCAA: Michigan has been punished enough for sign-stealing
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Big Ten to NCAA: Michigan has been punished enough for sign-stealingLarry Lage
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AnnArbor–BigTenCommissionerTonyPetittisentalettertotheNCAACommitteeonInfractionssuggestingthatMichigan’sfootballprogramshouldnotfacemoresanctionsstemmingfromasign-stealingscheme,accordingtotwopeoplefamiliarwiththesituation.
TheyspoketoTheAssociatedPressonconditionofanonymityMondaybecausenooneisauthorizedtocommentonanongoingNCAAinvestigation.
Petitti’sletterwassharedduringlastmonth’shearingbecausehewasunabletoattendwhilerecoveringfromhipsurgery,BigTenDeputyCommissionerDianeDietzsaid.
ESPNwasfirsttoreportsomedetailsofPetitti’sletter.
TheNCAAallegedlastyearinanoticerelatingtoitssign-stealinginvestigationthatcurrentcoachSherroneMooreviolatedrulesasanassistantunderformercoachJimHarbaugh,whoservedathree-gamesuspensioninexchangefortheconferencedroppingitsowninvestigationintotheallegationsafterthetwoendedupincourt.
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