NCAA bylaws do not address "stealing signs". Whether everyone steals signs, no team steals signs, or only a couple teams steal signs is not relevant to the Michigan situation.Uncle is head coach @ a HS out in western NE… ‘most teams steal signs’. Just like most/all baseball teams do. Try sending a poll to every college football program and see what % respond in the affirmative. That’ll be your best bet there
and that wasn’t my question – was asking what exactly is printed in NCAA bylaws, defining what is legal and not legal when it comes to scouting other teams signs?
The runner on second base is NEVER the one in trouble for stealing catcher’s signs… it’s the team on the field’s responsibility to change ‘em up.
How’s this different? And I’m not defending Michigan in particular, I’m just asking how this is a different situation. It may be VERY different and I’m just ignorant as to why. Honest question…
NCAA bylaws since 1994 prohibit what Michigan did:
11.6.1 Off-Campus, In-Person Scouting Prohibition. Off-campus, in-person scouting of future opponents (in the same season) is prohibited,