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University of Michigan president sent email to the Big Ten commissioner, imploring the conference to wait for results of the NCAA's sign-stealing investigation.
University of Michigan President Santa Ono sent an email to Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, imploring the conference to wait for results of the NCAA's sign-stealing investigation before potentially taking action against the Jim Harbaugh -led football program. “The reputations and livelihoods of coaches, students, and program cannot be sacrificed in a rush to judgement, no matter how many and how loudly people protest otherwise,” Ono wrote in an email to Petitti on Thursday night before their meeting the next day. Michigan athletics spokesman Kurt Svoboda shared the contents of Ono's email with The Associated Press on Saturday night, when the third-ranked Wolverines played Purdue at home.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) University of Michigan President Santa Ono sent an email to Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti, imploring the conference to wait for results of the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation before potentially taking action against the Jim Harbaugh -led football program. “The reputations and livelihoods of coaches, students, and program cannot be sacrificed […]