Response to the NCAA needs to be F*CK YOU and loud!

And if the B1G doesn't back them up, time to GTFO  of there, too.

time for the fbs teams to completely remove themselves from ncaa jurisdiction in football only and let the cfp be the new governing body for everything.

I think Harbaugh should go the other way on this and issue a very public and profound apology while over-sharing the exact details of the violations. "In December 2020 I ordered 2 combo burger meals, one medium rare, one medium...etc, I now know the hurt and ramifications this has caused my team, coaches and family...etc. An equal playing field is critical to the integrity of the game and this clearly crossed a line with our competition. " if he can feign the sincerity and end with some like, "I thank the ncaa for holding me accountable and look forward to the enforcement of these violations across all of college football" it would be hilarious and highlight the absurdity. 

when the investigators came we should have made them walk thru the tunnel at the big house and had players throw uncrustables at them as they passed.

I like the phrase "hit job". They can't convince me that OH State, Mich State or Penn State, to name a few, didn't do the same thing. They weren't caught seems to be difference.

Could you imagine if we had beat TCU and this came out as we prepared to face Georgia? What a huge painful distraction.

This is all assuming that Warde Manual has a spine and a pair of huevos to swing.  All evidence to date suggests he as neither.

I hope that this lights a fire under harbaugh, Howard, and Michigan.  I want them all to say “oh, yeah?  Watch this!” and the NIL is managed properly but ramped in to high gear 

I, for one, can't wait to see Warde's response to this. I'm sure it will be quick, strong, and decisive. As all of his other actions are.

It's really sad to see people rushing to defend Harbaugh before even knowing the details of what he's accused of.

This is the sort of behavior that Michigan fans have pilloried OSU fans for, going on years now.

If it was a misunderstanding, so be it; we can all move on with our lives.  If he's not guilty, even better.  But Michigan has long prided itself for transparency, honesty, and doing things the right way. It hasn't always lived up to those ideals.  But this whataboutism is painful to watch.

I don't care if every other school cheats.  I would rather Michigan lose with honor than win without it.  As a fan, I've invested my time, energy, and quite a bit of my disposable income into following Michigan sports.  If they've been cheating, we, as fans, are the victims.  What's the use in being emotionally invested in something that isn't real?

I suggest zero cooperation with the NCAA - appeal every decision and if they take away scholarships, create an NIL “walk-on” offer to make up for the scholarships. If they take away three a year for four years, then counter with three special preferred walk-on positions during that time. They can be corporate sponsored walk-on positions that are more valuable than a typical scholarship position. It comes with free tuition, $5k per month for expenses a daily meal per diem and possibly a free vehicle lease. Name it something like John Doe Ford NCAA Hypocrisy Preferred Walk-On program. 
 

They literally have FBI recorded conversations of players being paid that went unpunished yet they come after northern schools because nobody in the south gives a damn. Punishing any SEC school would be met with backlash, but punish a Big Ten school and you will appear to have some power. I don’t like OSU either, but we need to join together and say you’re done screwing us over while letting southern and west coast schools do as they please.

Fine Jim 100k then add it into his signing bonus.

Time for Michigan to lead the Power 5 schools into developing a football-only organization that creates rules all will abide by and that make sense for the teams and the players. NCAA can regulate the non-revenue sports.

The "enforcement" of the "rules" by the ncaa isn't arbitrary, (Late edit:) it's intentional and reminiscent of mafia tactics. There is an unspoken set of rules in the ncaa where members give unreported (and therefore untaxed and illegal) lump sums of cash to potential recruits to sign. Michigan has been very public with their opposition to this practice.

It's not a coincidence that the ncaa has targeted michigan for two extremely minor violations of rules in the last ten years. If you have an organization that does illegal shit, and one of your members not only doesn't do the illegal shit but speaks publicly against it, you can't trust that member and need to discredit them.

This is a targeted campaign by the ncaa to discredit a blue blood that publicly denounces the illegal shit that the rest of the members do.

This is immensely stupid, but it seems like not cooperating is what made these sanctions become serious in the first place. At this point think we just say what they need you to say in relation to these charges so you don't get suspended or bowl banned or something, but at the same time work to get away from the dumb system we're in and create more reasonable rules. 

Saying F you would feel good right now. But none of us will be happy if we're not in a bowl next year because these wackos "make an example"

the NCAA be like 

I  hope the University says the same thing and does not fear the NCAA and come out with their own punishment and sanctions. I always fear this over the NCAA penalties.

Jim should just make a policy that any kid, athlete or not, that stops by his office will be given a hamburger at the Jug.  As long as the policy is universal, it cannot be punished.  UNC taught me that.

I think they should have a press conference at Crisler where Harbaugh profusely apologizes for those dastardly burgers while the banners slowly get raised behind him by the members of the Fab 5.

I totally agree. The NCAA has always been a joke, but the complete absurdity of this "investigation" given everything that is happening in CFB today take it to another level altogether. Warde, Harbaugh, Santa everyone should respond to this by first laughing their asses off at the NCAA, and if they actually try to suspend Harbaugh or something to scorched Earth PR. 

Sorry, but I disagree.

If you are a member of an organization and proclaim to abide by its rules, then abide by its rules.

If others decide to break the rules, flagrantly or otherwise, and the enforcement mechanism isn't applied to the organization members fairly, then address and fix the faulty enforcement mechanism. It doesn't give one carte blanche to break those same or other rules.

Bad behavior by one doesn't excuse bad behavior by others.