Perhaps the real mockery of Michigan is the jokes made along the way.
The Wolverines escaped their elaborate three-year impermissible advanced scouting scheme and ensuing scandal with a fine – albeit an unprecedentedly large one – as the harshest of their penalties. No postseason ban, no wins vacated, no reduction in scholarships.
But the investigation and ensuing findings by the NCAA Committee on Infractions still provide the "overwhelming evidence," in their words, of Connor Stalions' elaborate network to help Michigan cheat.
That, as many columnists across the country sounded off about yesterday, is perhaps Michigan's greatest punishment of the Stalions scandal.