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   ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year show-cause order   
   for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible   
   contact with recruits and players while access was restricted during the   
   COVID-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until   
   August 2028.   
      
   The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles   
   Chargers after last season’s national championship, “engaged in unethical   
   conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance and violated head   
   coach responsibility obligations.”   
      
   The NCAA had already put Michigan on three years of probation along with a   
   fine and recruiting limits after reaching a negotiated resolution in the   
   case. Harbaugh did not go along with the agreement, disputing allegations   
   he failed to to cooperate with investigators, so his case was handled   
   separately.   
      
   “The panel noted that Harbaugh’s intentional disregard for NCAA   
   legislation and unethical conduct amplified the severity of the case and   
   prompted the panel to classify Harbaugh’s case as Level I-Aggravated, with   
   penalties to include a four-year show-cause order. Subsumed in the show-   
   cause order is a one-season suspension for Harbaugh,” the NCAA said.   
      
   The recruiting case is separate from the NCAA’s investigation into   
   impermissible in-person scouting and sign stealing allegations that roiled   
   Michigan’s championship season in 2023 and resulted in a three-game   
   suspension of Harbaugh by the Big Ten Conference.   
      
   The NCAA’s show-cause order started Wednesday and runs through Aug. 6,   
   2028. It requires a school wanting to hire Harbaugh to suspend him for the   
   first full season. After that, Harbaugh would be still be barred from   
   athletics-related activities, including team travel, practice, video   
   study, recruiting and team meetings until the order expires.   
      
   Harbaugh’s attorney, Tom Mars, has said the coach was not invited to   
   participate in the settlement process or aware that an agreement had been   
   reached between the school and the NCAA. He blasted the NCAA’s punishment.   
      
   “The way I see it, from coach Harbaugh’s perspective, today’s COI decision   
   is like being in college and getting a letter from your high school saying   
   you’ve been suspended because you didn’t sign your yearbook,” Mars posted   
   on social media. “If I were in coach Harbaugh’s shoes and had an $80   
   million contract as head coach of the Chargers, I wouldn’t pay any   
   attention to the findings of a kangaroo court, which claims to represent   
   the principles of the nation’s most flagrant, repeat violator of the   
   federal antitrust laws.   
      
   Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel noted the school has already   
   accepted the sanctions and served many of the penalties.   
      
   “Our staff has worked to improve processes and we are focused on the   
   future and our commitment to integrity and compliance,” Manuel said.   
      
   The sign-stealing case is still open and could take months to resolve.   
   Multiple infractions cases in such a short time period could prompt the   
   NCAA to treat Michigan as a repeat offender, opening the school up to   
   harsher penalties in the sign-stealing case.   
      
   New Michigan coach Sherrone Moore is facing allegations he violated NCAA   
   rules related to the investigation into scouting and sign-stealing, three   
   people briefed on a pending notice of allegations told The Associated   
   Press on Sunday. All spoke on condition of anonymity because the notice   
   was confidential.   
      
   Two of the people said Moore has been accused of deleting text message   
   exchanges with Connor Stalions — the former low-level recruiting staffer   
   who coordinated an off-campus, advance-scouting operation — around the   
   time the investigation was opened.   
      
   One of the people said the NCAA has recommended a less serious Level 2   
   violation for Moore, that messages between Moore and Stalions were   
   recovered and that the coach provided them to the NCAA.   
      
      
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