Burgergate: More info from Chris Balas on the level 1 sins of Jim Harbaugh
You can't make this stuff up.
Chris Balas is stating in The Fort message board...
"the reason Jim got a Level One, apparently, is because two committed recruits stopped by during COVID for an impromptu visit and he took them to the Brown Jug for a Jug burger in the morning. They found a receipt, but I guess he wasn't completely honest about it."
https://www.on3.com/boards/threads/morning-report-and-this-is-classic.846005/#post-14134633
January 6th, 2023 at 1:04 PM ^
"Sorry coach, I forgot my wallet"
"Well, I guess you're either cleaning dishes or making a run for it"
January 6th, 2023 at 1:07 PM ^
At least the fan base can quit with michigan doesn’t knowingly break the rules like they chastise everyone else for.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
I really hope you just forgot the /s.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:14 PM ^
The only correct response to the ncaa is f**k off. The U, State Penn, AL, FSU, MS ST, LSU, USC all told them that and they said - great! OK!
SMU, OSU, Boston College, ASU, etc. all cooperated and the ncaa used what the schools gave them to hang them.
ncaa is a joke and we should tell them to f**k off.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:22 PM ^
They probably stretched before they went for the burger. Plus, burgers are exponentially more serious than cream cheese.....
January 6th, 2023 at 1:23 PM ^
what was his crime, your honor? He purchased some food for two hungry, growing boys..... that's what he did, he bought a couple young men hamburgers.......
January 6th, 2023 at 3:45 PM ^
boil that dust speck! boil that dust speck!
boil that dust speck!
January 6th, 2023 at 1:27 PM ^
I wonder how much he paid for those nothing burgers?
January 6th, 2023 at 1:35 PM ^
who could imagine $26 could cause so much trouble!
January 6th, 2023 at 5:51 PM ^
My ex wife.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:33 PM ^
If there's one thing that's ruining college sports, it's NILB (Name, Image, License, Burger).
January 6th, 2023 at 1:34 PM ^
How do they know Jim wasn't just really hungry and ate 3 burgers, 3 extra large fries and drank 3 large sodas after a workout?
January 6th, 2023 at 1:35 PM ^
The actual violation is minor. But the integrity failure in misleading/lying is not.
The board has been chock-full of opinion about MSU obfuscating/misdirecting about how they are paying Tucker...
January 6th, 2023 at 1:44 PM ^
The fact that anyone needs to lie (or "mislead") about purchasing two hamburgers for some teenagers who came by coaches office to say hello really speaks volumes for where things are at with NCAA today.
I'm sure Jim had no idea he was committing a felony in the eyes of the NCAA as he was sitting down with two kids eating a $8.95 hamburger.
And spare me the comparison of Tucks $100,000,000 contract/payment details.
January 7th, 2023 at 10:28 AM ^
The ncaa should never be asking about how we fucking feed recruits, especially regarding a mediocre bar burger. If some suits skipped past hookers and bags of cash to ask me whether I bought recruits some burgers three years ago while I was preparing for a playoff game, I'd rightly tell them to go fuck themselves.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:38 PM ^
what if he was paying them in cheeseburgers for use of their name, image or likeness?
January 6th, 2023 at 1:59 PM ^
I have heard money referred to as both "bread" and "cheese"
Obviously, "burger" must have been a catch-all term for the athletic department to pay players!!!
January 6th, 2023 at 1:43 PM ^
This only enhances my admiration for Harbaugh. I frequented the Jug many a time when I was a denizen of Ann Arbor myself. Was the go to watering hole, and had the Feisty Feta thing more times that I'd care to admit.
January 6th, 2023 at 1:44 PM ^
Fucking Michigan is always getting in their own way! Stop self reporting shot and the NCAA will neither investigate or find violations ever!
January 6th, 2023 at 1:51 PM ^
Burger gate can get your program the death penalty. LOL
January 6th, 2023 at 1:58 PM ^
Harbaugh Needs A 20 Year Show-Cause!!!
January 6th, 2023 at 2:44 PM ^
What did you have for breakfast two years ago on the 35th Tuesday? Take your time you have three seconds...ahhh...ha! This level of cooperation will lead to suspensions and no more recruiting the South.
Send all receipts for anything you touched or thought about for the last 5 years to our office on Nick's boat.
January 6th, 2023 at 2:47 PM ^
If Harbaugh goes to the NFL, I hope that he sends a burger to every high school football recruit as a giant FU to the NCAA.
January 6th, 2023 at 4:12 PM ^
There’s a pretty important detail that’s missing.. were they hamburgers, or cheeseburgers? And, if a cheeseburger - what kind of cheese?
if they were “cheese-less” hamburgers - at the Jug - Santa Ono and Warde Manuel should consider releasing Harbaugh immediately. No cheese on a burger is a travesty - a complete misrepresentation of The University of Michigan and the Ann Arbor community.
Go Blue!
January 6th, 2023 at 4:33 PM ^
Not sure if this has been mentioned… did the receipt indicate that… though steak and milk could (in fact) have been ordered - Harbaugh selected a cheeseburger and lemonade?
Oh the Humanity!
January 6th, 2023 at 5:08 PM ^
It would be great if the Jug re-tooled its menu:
Level I Burger (Hamburger)
Level II Burger (Cheeseburger)
And so on. Plus, next to each insert the Clown emoji.
January 6th, 2023 at 5:24 PM ^
The NCAA is joke, I was listening to sports talk show today and they were saying Gattis was the snitch.
They also talked about how Lincoln Riley has been tampering with transfers and nothing happens to him.
Jim should be been at least honest with investigators.
January 6th, 2023 at 5:43 PM ^
IIRC, there was multiple things wrong with Ohio State during “Tatgate,” but the NCAA’s primary reason for giving Tressel the “show-clause” penalty was being he “didn’t cooperate with investigators.”
The NCAA does not like being lied too, and comes down hard when they believe that is the case.
January 6th, 2023 at 6:12 PM ^
I cant be a supporter of this program anymore, he bought them hamburgers?!?! Shame on you Jim, how dare you...