Harbaugh deflects inquiry about NCAA sanctions

• Kris Rhim, ESPNAug 8, 2024, 10:43 PM ET

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.– Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh deflected a concern Thursday about the NCAA’s most recent sanctions imposed versus him, that included a four-year show-cause order and in impact prohibited him from college sports until August 2028.

“I’m stopping the engagement there with commenting,” Harbaugh said. “But my only hope is that one day college athletics will have to do with what’s best for boys and girls who participate in it. That’s truly all I have actually got to say about it.”

The NCAA said Harbaugh “engaged in dishonest conduct, stopped working to promote an atmosphere of compliance and breached head coach responsibility commitments.” The company also stated he rejected his participation in the offenses despite the fact that the record “overwhelmingly” supports the allegations.Editor’s Picks 2 Associated The show-cause

order means any

school wishing to work with Harbaugh needs to appear before the NCAA committee on infractions to describe why it wishes to do so. The NCAA’s order for Harbaugh started Wednesday and runs through Aug. 6, 2028.”During the show-cause order, Harbaugh would be disallowed from all athletically related activities, consisting of group travel, practice, video research study, recruiting and group conferences, at any NCAA school that utilized him, “the NCAA said.” Furthermore, if worked with during the show-cause order, Harbaugh would be suspended for one hundred percent of the very first season of work. The results of those contests throughout Harbaugh’s suspension would not count toward his profession coaching record.”The recruiting case is separate from the NCAA’s examination into impermissible in-person scouting and sign-stealing claims that roiled Michigan’s champion season in 2023 and resulted in a three-game suspension of Harbaugh by the Big Ten. Relating to that examination, Harbaugh stated in a prepared statement that he was “unaware “of any misbehavior by Michigan and stated he did not apologize for anything.