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Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer slams NCAA for Michigan's punishment over sign-stealing scandal

Former Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer ripped the NCAA for Michigan's punishment as he compared it to the punishment Ohio State got in 2011.


Former Ohio State coach Urban Meyer slams NCAA for Michigan's punishment over sign-stealing scandal

Michigan received a fine expected to exceed $20 million, while head coach Sherrone Moore will have one additional game added to his already self-imposed two-game suspension, which he will serve this season.

Meyer, 61, compared Michigan's punishment to the sanctions Ohio State received in 2011.

The NCAA gave Ohio State a one-year bowl ban after a scandal involving eight players who received $14,000 in cash and tattoos in exchange for team jerseys, rings and other memorabilia. Ohio State also faced additional penalties on top of the bowl ban.

Meyer agreed with the NCAA's decision not to punish Michigan's players for something they didn't do but still criticized the NCAA.

Former head coach Jim Harbaugh, staffer Connor Stalions and assistant coach Denard Robinson were also punished for their roles in the scandal.

Below are the penalties the NCAA doled out:

"The prescribed penalties for the parties who contested their violations in this case are as follows: 

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