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Jim Harbaugh's attorney releases statement on NCAA decision
Jim Harbaugh Kiyoshi Mio-USA TODAY Sports

Jim Harbaugh's attorney releases statement on controversial NCAA decision

Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh has been circling the wagons in recent days in defense of his time at the University of Michigan. 

On Wednesday, the NCAA announced that the ex-Michigan head man was handed a "four-year show-cause order," banning him from returning to a athletic jobs at an NCAA member institution for "recruiting violations (and) unethical conduct" in the fallout of his former program's infamous sign-stealing scandal. Harbaugh has consistently denied any knowledge of the scheme. 

Harbaugh's famous attorney Tom Mars, who has handled a number of cases involving the NCAA, issued a statement after the ruling. 

The Chargers open the preseason on Saturday, Aug. 10 against the Seattle Seahawks in L.A. Harbaugh's Chargers' regular-season opener is scheduled for Sept. 8 (also at home), against Antonio Pierce, Maxx Crosby and the Las Vegas Raiders. 

Nicholas Meyer

Nicholas Meyer is a Metro Detroit-based sports writer who has written for the Detroit Free Press, Dallas Morning News and other well known publications. He won an AP Award for Detroit Lions coverage and has been a Lions, Michigan Wolverines and Detroit sports fan since the early 90s, among other teams.

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