“Never lie. Never cheat. Never Steal. This was the way Jim Harbaugh claims he was strictly raised. Yet, the University of Michigan always seems to be in the NCAA rules violation spotlight. When you’re the National Champion, everyone wants to take a cheap, credibility shot. Anti-Wolverine fans probably outnumber the supportive alumni. However, he’s now a Charger, but has left behind a cloud of suspicion. He’s now slipped out of the grip of the Big Ten and the NCAA like Houdini and seems to be one that prospers!

Back in 2023, as head Coach of the 49ers, he was all over the performance-enhancing drug infractions of division rival Seattle Seahawks, quoted as saying “Cheating won’t be tolerated.” As we’ve already covered, there are many forms of cheating. Harbaugh also faced charges related to illegal contact with student-athletes during the Covid-19 “dead period.” Denial. Denial. Denial. 

He left the 49ers in 2014 to take the job at the University of Michigan. Sherrone Moore then took over in an interim capacity in 2023 after Coach Harbaugh was suspended for 3-games by the Big Ten for “conducting an impermissible, in-person scouting operation over multiple years, resulting in an unfair competitive advantage that compromised the integrity of competition.” Isn’t that the very definition of cheating?

His replacement, now the new Michigan head coach Sherrone Moore, is one of seven members from the 2023 Championship football program accused of violating NCAA rules. Harbaugh naturally claims that he did not participate and was not aware or complicit in these allegations. “Moore could face a show-cause penalty and possibly suspension for allegedly deleting a thread of 52 text messages with former Michigan staffer Connor Stallions in October 2023 on the same day that media reports revealed Stalions was leading an effort to capture media reports revealed Stalions was leading an effort to capture the play calling signals of future opponents,” according to ESPN. It’s just another example of how history repeats itself with another sign stealing incident. Cheaters Unite!