In its response to Michigan, the Big Ten said “it has not received any information that any other member schools engaged in impermissible advance in-person scouting.”
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BIG TEN SAYS IT HAS NO EVIDENCE OHIO STATE, OTHER BIG TEN SCHOOLS BROKE NCAA RULES WITH SIGN STEALING
“The Conference is unmoved by the University’s attempt to downplay its impermissible conduct by asserting that other Conference members may have engaged in sign decoding. As the University readily admits in its response, it does not know the exact methods that it alleges other teams used to decode its own signs,” Petitti wrote. “The Conference has not received any information that any other member schools engaged in impermissible advance in-person scouting, let alone a scheme of the size and scale like the one at issue here. The Conference is unaware of any active NCAA investigations into impermissible advance scouting involving other members of the Conference.
“Should the Conference become aware of such impermissible conduct, it will take appropriate action. However, the Conference vehemently rejects any defense by the University or any other Conference member that cheating is acceptable because other teams do it too.”