The University of Michigan over the summer vowed to appeal the NCAA’s ruling in the wide-ranging advanced scouting case.

The school has since backed down.

Earlier this month, on Oct. 6, Michigan quietly withdrew its intent to appeal, according to the NCAA’s Division I Infractions Dashboard.

A team spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

It was August 15 when the NCAA issued its 74-page report detailing the football program’s multiple violations into an advanced scouting ring led by former staffer Connor Stalions.

As part of the punishment, Michigan was levied a long list of penalties: Four years of probation, fines that could reach as high as $30 million, a two-year show-cause penalty and three-game suspension for head coach Sherrone Moore, who investigators

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