Michigan man is dead y’all. If anyone is having a worse season than Billy Napier, it would be Sherrone Moore. Before the 2024 games even started, the draft Notice of Allegations clearly stated that Sherrone Moore could face a show-cause penalty because of the level 1 violations he had committed. This would mean at least a few years of a ban from CFB and a sweet ‘bye-bye’ to his coaching career. If this wasn’t enough, the Wolverines ain’t even in a good spot right now. Winning the season opener against Fresno State, Moore and his boys faced 2 back-to-back losses to the Longhorns and AR State. A team that once sat on the golden throne of CFB is now crawling in the mud.

Despite all that, why does it feel like Michigan is still trying to protect Moore? Eleven Warriors took to X on September 17th to share the details regarding Moore’s contract and the firing clause. “Sherrone Moore’s contract allows Michigan to fire him for cause if he committed NCAA violations, but only if it was unaware of those violations before his contract was signed,” Eleven Warriors mentioned in the caption of the post. A fan was quick to point out, “So they won’t fire him if he knew they were cheating?” If we look at the clause more carefully, it clearly states that Michigan will not be firing Moore if they had “actual knowledge of the facts or alleged facts that are the basis for the violation prior to the execution of this Agreement by all parties.” If you didn’t know, the notice of allegation from the NCAA was sent to Michigan back on August 25th. The notice clearly stated that Moore was found guilty of deleting text strings between him and former Michigan staffer Connor Stalions.

However, Moore’s contract with the University was only finalized back on September 6th. All of this is kind of funny because way back on August 5th, Paul Finebaum had already predicted the outcome of the entire cheating scandal. “I don’t think it’s (case) going anywhere. NCAA is powerless,” Finebaum had mentioned on First Take. Finebaum’s main angle was that it doesn’t matter what step the NCAA decides to take, the coaches are always represented by solid lawyers who will turn this around. “NCAA’s track record in court is worse than Carolina Panthers in the gridiron,” Finebaum noted. Reading the contract makes it more obvious that the loopholes were placed to protect Moore from any for-cause termination. However, Wolverines fans do not care.

Sherrone Moore is on the hot seat

“Just what everyone has been saying,” one fan was quick to point out. Moore and his firing from the Wolverines won’t be happening anytime soon. The clause protects him from any termination and the only way Michigan can get rid of Moore is without cause and that would result in the university paying out 75% of Moore’s salary to him. On the same note, a fan pointed out, “They’ll want to fire him after this year. They suck.” This can be a big possibility. We already saw the QB woes that Michigan went through as Moore was unable to decide on his starting QB till the last minute.

And while some fans had thought that he was taking this time to properly skim through the best and pick the cream of the crop, Moore decided to go with Davis Warren instead of Alex Orji. What a shame. Finally, a fan pointed fun at the hastily prepped contract that Moore decided to sign. “Signed the first contract possible after losing by 19 at home,” the fan wrote. At the end of the day, this contract will save Moore from the entire blunt of the NCAA drama. Regardless of what happens, the Wolverines and Moore are currently walking on thin ice and it feels like the times ain’t gonna get any better.