Michigan Football: The Lawyer Makes An Amazing Declaration to Support Client Jim Harbaugh
Jim Harbaugh’s college coaching career has likely ended, leaving Michigan football after an unforgettable championship-winning season in 2023. Harbaugh, the new frontman for the Los Angeles Chargers of the NFL, spent the past nine years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, six times winning double-digit games and once being crowned the champions of the college football world.
Although Harbaugh’s final year ended with Muchigan on the peak of the mountaintop, his final days were largely clouded with NCAA investigations and sanctions.
On Wednesday, the NCAA handed Harbaugh a four-year show-cause order for recruiting violations. If Harbaugh returns to the college ranks, his employer must suspend him for one season before barring him “from athletics-related activities, including team travel, practice, video study, recruiting and team meetings” for the remainder of the order. Harbaugh’s attorney, Tom Mars, dropped the mic on Wednesday following the NCAA’s ruling, taking to Twitter to defend his client.
Michigan football and their fans would undoubtedly trade a few years of light probation for a College Football Playoff Championship victory. However, that doesn’t mean former head coach Jim Harbaugh will lay over when feeling targeted. On Wednesday, the NCAA presented Harbaugh with a four-year show-cause order for recruiting violations despite vehemently denying such wrongdoing. His attorney, Tom Mars, has since backed Harbaugh with a strongly worded message to the NCAA via social media.
The NCAA claims Harbaugh’s suspension comes after the frontman “engaged in unethical conduct, failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance, and violated head coach responsibility obligations.” The latest NCAA investigation into the Michigan football program is separate from the sign-stealing scandal that surrounded the team late last season.
The Big Ten suspended Harbaugh for the final three games of the regular season for impermissible in-person scouting. More importantly, that case remains open, potentially a trigger for more harsher sanctions for Harbaugh and the Michigan Wolverines.
