Former Ohio State head coach City Meyer thinks the Los Angeles Chargers or the NFL ought to take it upon themselves to punish Jim Harbaugh.
On Aug. 15, the NCAA punished Michigan for violations related to the Connor Stalions sign-stealing scandal. Harbaugh received a 10-year show-cause order.
Throughout Wednesday’s episode of “The Triple Choice” podcast, Meyer in contrast Harbaugh’s scenario to that of Jim Tressel in 2011. Meyer argued that the league or the Chargers ought to droop Harbaugh, just like the Indianapolis Colts did to Tressel.
“There’s an elephant within the room right here, boys, although, that nobody’s speaking about,” Meyer stated. “When Jim Tressel was fired at Ohio State and he was given a suspension, Roger Goodell, commissioner of the Nationwide Soccer League, got here out and stated that, ‘We will honor that suspension.’ And also you keep in mind, he went to the Indianapolis Colts to work within the replay room or one thing.
“The Colts, due to the respect that they had for the NCAA and the suspension, you notice suspended Jim Tressel? So he was unable to carry out his duties for the primary six video games of the yr for the Indianapolis Colts. I believe everyone knows the reply. Any probability that Roger Goodell and the NFL, after all not. And I do not know why.”
There’s a perception that Harbaugh bolted to the Chargers after profitable the nationwide title in 2023 as a result of he knew the NCAA was on the brink of punish the Wolverines.
A six-game suspension just isn’t similar to a 10-year show-cause order, and punishing Harbaugh so flippantly can be extra symbolic than substantive.
Frankly, it is unhealthy enterprise for the league to droop Harbaugh and to attach the outspoken head coach to a trivial scandal that occurred in school. Punishing Harbaugh would draw undesirable consideration to the Chargers and the league, who knew what occurred earlier than he jumped to the NFL earlier than the 2024 season.
