Jim Harbaugh likely suspended first 4 games of the season

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Sounds like the one getting the worst penalty doesn't even work in college football anymore.

Plus this sounds pretty tame. Just don't lie, Jim.

"Harbaugh’s alleged initial cover-up was worse than the crime itself from the NCAA's perspective. In a notice of allegations sent to Michigan last year, the association cited four Level II violations, including meeting with two recruits during a COVID-19 dead period, texting a recruit outside of an allowable time period, having analysts perform on-field coaching duties during practice and having coaches watching players work out via Zoom."
 

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Hear me out, what if there was a stipulation that coaching and player suspensions must be applied to conference games first?

Coach gets suspended for 4 games? He’s missing 4 conference games. Player gets suspended for 10 games? He’s missing 9 conference games and a non-conference game.

I get that these are usually applied around timing, but these “consequences” are hardly a deterrent. Suspensions should be punitive- not a slap on the wrist.
 
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Hear me out, what if there was a stipulation that coaching and player suspensions must be applied to conference games first?

Coach gets suspended for 4 games? He’s missing 4 conference games. Player gets suspended for 10 games? He’s missing 9 conference games and a non-conference game.

I get that these are usually applied around timing, but these “consequences” are hardly a deterrent. Suspensions should be punitive- not a slap on the wrist.
No conference would ever, ever approve that, for exactly the reason you think.
 
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Any punishment in college athletics that doesn't impact scholarship numbers means nothing.

Assistants do most of the work on game days, athletic departments and coaches make too much for any punitive damages to matter, and NIL could even make scholarships less impactful for those wealthy schools.