Suspended Michigan staffer Connor Stalions' financial transactions raised questions

A report published on Wednesday suggested that the NCAA has evidence of a budget and travel schedule Michigan had for its sign-stealing operation. The Venmo activity for suspended team employee Connor Stalions does not seem to help Michigan’s case as it may contain evidence of payments to people who helped the team.

Last week, Stalions deactivated his social media profiles after he was named as the alleged leader of Michigan’s sign-stealing operation. One thing he had forgotten to delete, though, was his Venmo profile.

Venmo is a financial application that allows users to send and receive money from other users. Financial transactions are made public on one’s user profile unless that person changes the setting to private.

Stalions had left his profile on the public setting, which allowed others to see his transactions history.

One particular transaction drew attention online. On Dec. 30, 2022, Stalions had paid a Chase Evans via Venmo and listed his note about the transaction as “GA.” As many people pointed out, Georgia (whose state abbreviation is “GA”) played Ohio State in the Peach Bowl the following day.