re: Big Ten hands down punishment: Jim Harbaugh not allowed on the sidelines during games

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A former employee at a Big Ten football program said Monday it was his job to steal signs and he was given details from multiple league schools to compile a spreadsheet of play-calling signals used by Michigan last year.

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He also said gave the details to Michigan last week because he hoped it would help Jim Harbaugh’s embattled program and he believes Harbaugh and his coaches are being unfairly blamed for the actions of a rogue staffer.

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So Michigan just happened to have a rogue staffer do exactly what you are claiming you were paid to do?

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It would be hilarious if this all falls back on Ohio state and they take each other out.

One can only hope

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Would be msb story of the year.

Probably 5 bans

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"The NCAA’s findings do not connect the in-person scouting and recording of opponents’ sidelines to Harbaugh, sources say, an absence of evidence essential to a potential lawsuit from the school and coach against the league." — Yahoo Sports

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Going to be funny when the only punishment handed out is when Ryan Day felony charge for hiring a company to hack state owned computers

Would be going full Ryan Day

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Sounds like Ohio State is getting the death penalty to me

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More like Iowa

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WTF?

19 responses, and none of them from the usual OSU fans? they usually infest these topics like termites and repeat the same BS constantly

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Teams sharing info with eachother is perfectly legal. It literally happens every week. This will only amount to something the signs were stolen against rules.

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UPDATED STORY: @sinow is able to publish partially redacted documents showing how Michigan opponents decoded Wolverines signals and matched them with run and pass concepts.

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Everyone must have Iowa's signs.

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Nobody wants Purdue's.

Are you not going to quote the part of the article that says what is being claimed is completely legal within NCAA rules?

Since some folks don’t want to present full context. Also from the linked article:

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Schools sharing signal information is not uncommon in college football, multiple sources in the coaching profession told SI, nor is it against NCAA rules.

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So the entire article is “hey, other Big Ten teams are doing something allowed within NCAA rules!”

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It is not the same.

When you have an entire system and database invested into your opponents games recording their movements and actions to decrypt their calls professionally.... then you rely so much on this system the guy who runs it works directly with your coordinators and head coach during the games??

That is a crazily significant advantage and should be dealt with harshly.

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Why is it wrong?

I guess I haven't really delved into this topic of sign stealing in CFB yet. But if there is a camera angle on the signs coming in from Team A's sideline for an entire game and I figure out what plays they are calling, why should this not be ok? Is that was is essentially going on? And computer nerds have gotten involved to place it all in a database and analyze it?

If that is wrong then why is it legal to watch any game film?