AI-assisted summary
The NCAA issued multiple penalties against the University of Michigan football program for a sign-stealing scheme.
Punishments include probation, financial penalties, recruiting restrictions, and show-cause orders for staff members.
While a postseason ban was considered, the NCAA opted against it to avoid penalizing current student-athletes.
The NCAA has handed Michigan football a laundry list of punishments for the sign-stealing scandal from 2021-2023 after it found "overwhelming evidence" of the impermissible scouting scheme.
Although the NCAA found "sufficient grounds for a multiyear postseason ban," the panel decided that would "unfairly penalize student-athletes for the actions of coaches and staff who are no longer associated with the Michigan football prog