The NCAA didn’t even consider vacating wins as a punishment for Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme.
Norman Bay, the chief hearing officer for Michigan’s Committee on Infractions hearing, said a penalty of vacating wins was not considered because the NCAA only issues that penalty when teams play with ineligible players.
“Vacation of records is only in play when there is ineligible competition,” Bay said during the NCAA’s press conference on Michigan’s sanctions on Monday. “That was not a factor present in this case, so it was not a penalty, in other words, that could be considered. And we did not impose it.