A story says that Big Ten coaches and ADs want commissioner Tony Petitti to do something about the Michigan sign-stealing scandal.
During a 90-minute telephone conversation in commissioner Tony Petitti, Big Ten coaches talked about how frustrated they were that the probe into Michigan’s claimed sign-stealing operation was still going on.
The coaches gathered together and told Petitti to do something about Michigan, even though they knew that the NCAA’s review probably wouldn’t change anything about the Wolverines’ 2023 season.
“The coaches desire the members of the Big Ten to do something right now,” an ESPN source said. “What do we need to wait for?” “We know what took place.”
Yahoo Sports claims that Big Ten presidents as well as athletic directors also had meetings with Petitti to push for action in the case.
There are more claims and proof of sign-stealing almost every day, so it looks like most of them are true. Like the Big Ten, the Michigan team is getting some strange looks about this, but over different reasons.
Late Wednesday night, ESPN’s Pete Thamel said that conference coaches “expressed their frustrations regarding the ongoing signal-stealing probe at Michigan” on a call with Tony Petitti, the new commissioner.
Thamel said that he “hung up after the usual Big Ten business to enable the conference’s coaches to talk freely about the NCAA’s investigation.” Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh had been on the call.
It looks like the teachers were not happy about the way Petitti handled the affair at that time. A source for Thamel was reported as saying, “The coaches desire the Big Ten to take action right now as a group.”
It does seem very strange that neither the meeting nor the university has said anything about it. Since Michigan is playing Purdue on Saturday, the conference coaches need to know what’s going on as soon as possible.
ESPN says that in a video call Wednesday night, the “vast majority” of the league’s coaches told Big Ten commissioner Frank Petitti how upset they were about the sign-stealing scandal.
Even though Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh wasn’t on the line, the coaches asked the commissioner to punish the defending conference winners. “The coaches want the NCAA to do something right now,” an ESPN source said. “What do we need to wait for?” “We know what took place.”
Petitti also talked with Big Ten athletic directors on video call, but Michigan AD Warde Manuel wasn’t there. Sources told ESPN that he’s taking the conference’s power to punish Michigan “more seriously than before.”
Big Ten coaches made what was called a “intense and emotional” call and used words like “tainted,” “fraudulent,” and “unprecedented” to refer to Michigan’s alleged scheme to steal signals.
They told Petitti “how distinct of a schematic advantages Michigan has held” by allegedly illegally getting the other team’s signals before the game.
Another source told ESPN, “People don’t get how serious it is.” “How it really changed the game plan A true sense of whether it’s a run or a pass, individuals don’t grasp how helpful that was for Michigan.
CNN says Petitti listen “carefully” to the teachers but didn’t give away any information about what would happen with Michigan. The Big Ten can punish Mich and its teaching staff for not following its sportsmanship rules.
The Big Ten Conference as well as the University of Michigan were told by the NCAA late Wednesday afternoon that the NCAA was looking into claims that the University for Michigan football team stole signs.
The Big Ten Conference has told Michigan State University and other teams that will play them in the future.
It is very important in the Big Ten Conference that competitions are fair, so they will keep an eye on the probe. At this point, the meeting will not say anything else.