Michigan being investigated for shoe reselling
August 10th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
The way the media treated Stretch-gate, it felt like a major scandal.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:44 PM ^
Major recent scandal? Did we forget about the Shane Morris concussion-gate when Hoke didn't know what's going on, and Dave Brandon and senior administrators tried to cover up by deflecting blame?
August 11th, 2018 at 12:56 AM ^
You mean the one where Shane Morris himself says he didn't have a concussion?
Morris's case was poorly handled, but it was a fuck-up; it wasn't any kind of a scandal, let alone a major one.
August 10th, 2018 at 11:10 PM ^
I don't think a shoe selling scandal rises to the level of protecting/ enabling a child sex predator, protecting/ enabling a sex predator, protecting/ enabling a wife beater and a contributing to the death of a player.
Of course, the NCAA will probably not see it that way.
August 11th, 2018 at 6:32 AM ^
Rutgers play on the field being one of their bigger scandals
August 10th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
Exactly, graduated players, transfers and people connected to program all could've sold these. Not saying that's the case, but it's a possibility
August 10th, 2018 at 10:31 PM ^
Yeah. I'm simply happy they are looking into this since it slipped earlier in the week that shoes were on the market.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:31 PM ^
WD must be involved in this!!!
/jk
/maybe not
August 11th, 2018 at 1:44 AM ^
The other day, he posted a picture of a team-issue pair of shoes he claims he got from a grad assistant or trainer. So... Maybe not?
August 11th, 2018 at 11:40 AM ^
So apparently word on the street is Mo sold his big ten tourney shoes online after he got drafted. Not sure if it's true, and idk how the rules apply at that point but that could explain some of this
August 10th, 2018 at 9:05 PM ^
Fackn A
August 10th, 2018 at 9:06 PM ^
At a certain point Michigan fans are going to realize all major college football programs are essentially the same and get off their damn high horse about being special and above board.
just have to hope it isn’t anyone important
August 10th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
Exactly, because selling gear is essentially the same as covering for a wife beater for a decade and then bald-faced lying about it.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:39 PM ^
Except, the way things usually work, is we see real repercussions for selling shoes while OSU skates off without doing anything about their problems.
August 11th, 2018 at 1:15 AM ^
When were they suspended? For the bowl game? Oh wait, it was the start of the next year when they were playing cupcakes.
And OSU came down hard on those players...oh wait, it was the NCAA who gave them those suspensions, not OSU.
Take that victim shit, and shove it up your ass. OSU has a legacy of being soft on discipline, and we all know it.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:13 PM ^
oh please. no program, including ours, is without fault but if you think our alumni and administration would condone the shit that’s been going on at osu, msu or psu then you have absolutely no clue.
August 10th, 2018 at 11:53 PM ^
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August 11th, 2018 at 1:27 PM ^
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August 11th, 2018 at 12:02 AM ^
Why do MSU/OSU fans come in this site? I would never think of going on one of their blogs. It would be a complete waste of my time. It goes to show you that Michigan fans love Michigan, and MSU/OSU just hate Michigan. They care more about Michigan than their own team! It’s really sad.
August 11th, 2018 at 7:07 AM ^
Ohio State fans wrote a song about not caring about Michigan.
Think about the irony of that. "I care so little about this state that I'm going to compose a song about the fact that I don't care about it!"
Irony tends to be lost on buckeyes though.
August 11th, 2018 at 9:12 AM ^
I was in Columbus the other year for Indiana game at Ohio State as a buddy of mine is working at IU. They had grown men in OSU jerseys circled around singing that song beforehand. Again, they were playing Indiana.
August 11th, 2018 at 7:18 PM ^
don't forget about the Dead Schembechlers. . .
August 11th, 2018 at 7:18 PM ^
don't forget about the Dead Schembechlers. . .
August 11th, 2018 at 1:11 PM ^
To be fair, there are probably Michigan trolls that go on other teams sites. I sometimes go and read their sites, but I don't sign up or anything.
August 11th, 2018 at 1:02 AM ^
The Feds were never involved in the Gibbons case, and he was not accused of rape.
The Morris concussion never happened.
Why don't you tell your lies on an OSU board. They'll eat it up.
August 11th, 2018 at 12:20 PM ^
"Until the feds came in"? You can't possibly be serious. Exactly what federal agency was called in? Enlighten us.
August 11th, 2018 at 6:17 PM ^
This is a joke, right? There was no federal office of civil rights investigation, "champ". It was initiated internally by Michigan's title ix office. You should get your info from somewhere other than 11 warriors. Fucking clown.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:14 PM ^
Please just admit it's absurd to compare selling shoes to PSU, MSU, OSU and now the other UM. No one thinks Michigan is infallible.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
Who says the possibility of some players breaking an NCAA is the same as what's gone on at these other schools?
That's a serious question. People holding out Michigan to be perfect are wrong. People drawing the false equivalency you did disgust me.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:38 PM ^
I didn’t equate selling shoes to domestic abuse, just the general idea that Michigan would never cheat.
Also lol at you all if you don’t think it harbaugh wins a national championship our fan base wouldn’t try to defend him in an osu or MSU situation. We had people sending death threats to okorn over a football game but I’m sure those are all rational people about something like this
August 10th, 2018 at 9:41 PM ^
Why did people from the OSU fan base send death threats to Okorn? He pretty much won the game for them.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:45 PM ^
troll
August 10th, 2018 at 9:50 PM ^
Such drivel. You actually seem happy to have an opportunity to attack our fan base. I'd gladly trade you for Maizen any day.
August 11th, 2018 at 12:54 AM ^
Fuck off im telling the truth because people need to see it. Osu fans were saying the exact same shit about psu and MSU before this. Big time college football is a bad culture. If we don’t recognize that as the problem rather than individuals it will never be fixed.
its a lot easier to shit on other teams and programs then admit the same things that allowed it to happen exist at Michigan as well
August 11th, 2018 at 7:41 AM ^
That isn't any meaningful truth you're telling. It's BS.
You point out there's a lunatic fringe of Michigan fans. Like we need to be told about that. How in the world is that relevant?
You create an obvious straw man about Michigan fans believing their school is perfect. Ever since the Meyer scandal came to light this site has been flooding with posts from Buckeyes about Perry, Gibbons, Lewan and Morris. We're well away of issues that Michigan has faced that are similar to other schools.
It's insulting and disingenuous for you to claim otherwise. While you decry others for being on their high horse, that's exactly where you're placing yourself, by claiming to be objective and reasonable while the rest of us have blinders on. And you seem all too happy to do so.
Michigan is different than a lot of other schools with high powered athletic programs, not all of them, we're not unique. We have an administration that keeps athletics in check. They're important, they want them to win, but they are on a short lease.
Coaches have to accept that they can't get every player they want through admissions. They don't look the other way when coaches have been accused of bad behavior or cheating. It might drive some fans crazy when the school admits to infractions and self imposes penalties, while other schools stonewall and get away with it. We would never expect a scandal in the AD to be covered up by the administration. Or for them to put winning over the reputation they have.
That's why Michigan fans can look at what happened at PSU or Baylor or MSU and say it wouldn't happen here. A scandal might happen, but the school would handle it much differently. That's partly why they're so cynical about what will happen to Meyer, admittedly the rivalry plays a part too. I've been claiming that OSU is handling it very well so far. If the decision comes down to a power struggle between the administration and Meyer, there's something rotten if it goes his way. It wouldn't here.
August 11th, 2018 at 8:04 AM ^
AK don’t waste your time on this. The arrogance is something to witness when a topic that Michigan might actually do things they shouldn’t pops up.
August 10th, 2018 at 10:17 PM ^
Just admit you're a Spartan fan and be done with it.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:25 PM ^
^^^^^osu/msu troll^^^^^^^
August 10th, 2018 at 9:35 PM ^
I thought your schtick was concern trolling. When did you start bizarre virtue signalling?
August 11th, 2018 at 9:03 AM ^
When are OSU fans going to realize that ESPN and NCAA are “not out to get us” whenever a good player (Hyde, Elliott, etc.) assaults a woman or their supremely powerful coach enables a wife beater (9 f’ing years) and admits to lying that he knew of the allegations and history of said wife beater?
See: very few Bucky boys will start with blaming the players or the staff involved—and that is what makes it a bad culture.
Michigan fans are rarely absolving their players of crimes—and the large majority of UM fans agree to start at, “I hope it is t true, but punish if so.” OSU: “Stop picking on ‘us’; you’re just jealous ‘we’ won a NC five years ago; everyone is out to get ‘us.’” OSU fans then go on to be the loudest talkers of massive manure against “the SEC and Bama.” Here: plenty of UM fans are all about the “bag man,” but here is a difference in how UM fans often handle the problems that players cause in AA.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:11 PM ^
Don’t let this be true......
edit: TYPO i meant to say DONT?♂️
August 10th, 2018 at 9:12 PM ^
good, grand, GREAT, WONDERFUL
August 10th, 2018 at 9:20 PM ^
no yelling on the bus
August 10th, 2018 at 9:16 PM ^
Is this just an NCAA rule? Or do ya think Nike has some contractual stipulation as well?
I get that if you know a rule and break it you should be disciplined accordingly, however what a dumb fucking rule.
If you gave me a pair of kicks worth 4 racks at 18 years old, I would have bought so much marijuana stock. Or four loco stock. That's just me at 18 though.
August 11th, 2018 at 12:10 AM ^
"Just an NCAA rule?"
The players know the rules. I expect them to abide by those rules, and I expect the coaching staff and administration not to look the other way
Are all rules created equally? No, of course not. Is Nike partially complicit in the mess at UNC by creating player-exclusive gear in the first place? Of course. Does that make it OK if a Michigan player sold gear? Absolutely not.
August 11th, 2018 at 1:21 PM ^
I expect rules like this to be challenged in court.
August 10th, 2018 at 9:17 PM ^
also possible some of the basketball players did it too not just football. Cross your fingers..
August 10th, 2018 at 10:12 PM ^
Where are you getting that info? I see no players named.
Edit. I misread your comment or it was edited after the fact to add the "possible". Disregard.
August 11th, 2018 at 1:57 AM ^
I can see how you misread that its all good