Certainly opened up a can. And certainly makes the impact of any individual offense more minimal than previously claimed. Or they rule that this isn't an offense. (The NCAA hasn't even notified of any offense)
This isn't coaches talking to coaches. This is teams using information gathered in person, collecting it, deciphering it and then giving it to future opponents of the team you played. That's pretty much the definition of in person scouting.
What more is there to say? No one has evidence or the seriousness of the alleged violations.
Yeah, a thing all coaches and teams have done for many years, michigan included. Sharing notes is one thing. michigan is the only one recording hours and hours of footage illegally to gain an advantage no other team had.
I will say this. I'd much rather another team figure out the signals of the team they played and then send them to me. It'd save a team a lot of work. It'd also be EXTREMELY frowned upon by the conference.
So having a 3rd party scout and steal all your signs, is totally legal then?
I've been saying that for 150 pages. It is entertaining though. You have people writing novels based on info from unnamed sources, while it is ALL unnamed sources. You have people talking about video proof when no one but the NCAA or Michigan would have seen the video proof. You have people whose teams have cheated for decades telling other teams they are cheaters.
Then why was michigan doing what they were doing for years when nobody else was in order to gain an illegal advantage?
I think when one team doesnt follow the rules and the other does, it makes that situation worse. Especially if the one not following is one of the big boys.There isn't a more unlevel playing field than college football. That's why you see coaches using jobs at P5 D1 programs at stepping stones to get to one of the schools where they have all the advantages.
You think Ohio State and Rutgers are on a level playing field? Rutgers lost like 75 million last year on athletics.
- According to documents filed by the university to the NCAA, and reported by USA Today, Rutgers spent $118 million on athletics, yet generated only $45 million in revenue. Students and taxpayers are on the hook for covering a $73 million deficit. Nearly 30,000 students have already been assessed a $400 "athletics fee."
Even if everything you posted here is true, we have no idea what that actually means. We have no idea if we're even talking about a major violation here. Or even a violation. The NCAA might even rule that what happened isn't a direct violation of the rule. We have no idea here.
Read the article.
Maybe, maybe not. But I do know if there is a rule for something and you break that rule there should be a punishment. Now if you break several rules it should be more severe.
1. We don't know that "nobody else was", because it very much sounds like other people WERE
You're not the boss of me. I dont have a gif tab. See how much you know.@ellupo @osubuckeye89 @Across The Field
Open the GIF tab and type - 'once a cheater, always a cheater' in the GIF search bar. Tell me what you see on the third line of options? Coincidence? I think not.