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Connor Stalions lawyer goes scorched earth in response to NCAA punishment

Related Topics: Show-cause penalty

The legal team of the former Michigan football assistant, Connor Stalions, responded to the NCAA with a statement on Saturday.

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh watches from the sideline beside off-field analyst Connor Stalions, right, during the NCAA football game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Ohio Stadium. | Adam Cairns / USA TODAY NETWORK

Connor Stalions was given an eight-year show-cause penalty by the NCAA on Friday, along with the punishments handed down to the Michigan football program.

The NCAA claims that Stalions ran a vast network to conduct "impermissible advanced scouting," which is a violation of a minor NCAA by-law.