*Note, this does NOT involve the Michigan cheating scandal with Connor Stalions, as that investigation is still ongoing.*

Today the NCAA announced that the NCAA enforcement staff reached an agreement with Michigan and five individuals who currently or formerly worked for the football program regarding, among other things, the impermissible in-person recruiting during a COVID-19 dead period (some fans may remember this as the "it was just a cheeseburger!!" violations). 

Aside from the aforementioned impermissible in-person recruiting contacts during a COVID-19 dead period, the list of violations also included impermissible tryouts and the program exceeding the number of allowed countable coaches when noncoaching staff members engaged in on- and off-field coaching activities (including providing technical and tactical skills instruction to student-athletes).

The agreed-upon penalties in this case include three years of probation for the school, a fine and recruiting restrictions in alignment with the Level I-Mitigated classification for the school. The participating individuals also agreed to one-year show-cause orders consistent with the Level II-Standard and Level II-Mitigated classifications of their respective violations. The negotiated resolution also involved the school's agreement that the underlying violations demonstrated a head coach responsibility violation and the former football head coach failed to meet his responsibility to cooperate with the investigation. The school also agreed that it failed to deter and detect the impermissible recruiting contacts and did not ensure that the football program adhered to rules for noncoaching staff members.

The announcement, however, did not include what the punishment would be for Jim Harbaugh, as it appears he did not cooperate with the investigation, and his punishment from the NCAA for these violations is still pending.