On 7th August, it was announced that the NCAA has decided on a four-year show-cause punishment for Jim Harbaugh for the part he played in the sign-stealing controversies with Michigan last year. It’s important to know that he’s not being charged by the NCAA for using unfair practices in any way but rather for “violations of the COVID-19 recruiting dead period” and his “unethical conduct and failure to cooperate with the membership’s infractions process, specifically, providing false or misleading information.”

The LA Chargers coach’s dark past has finally caught up to him. Yet, his NFL career isn’t jeopardized in the slightest since he can just get away without being punished by the NCAA, and here’s how. If Harbaugh manages to have good records with the Chargers and doesn’t have to leave either the team or the NFL to come back to college football before 2028, he’ll be in the clear. In case he does decide to join college football before 2028, Harbaugh would be suspended for the first season of his return.