Connor Stalions, the low-level Michigan football staffer who is at the center of an NCAA investigation into sign stealing, seemed to have issues with others where he laid his head.
The NCAA is investigating Michigan for allegedly sending people to opponents’ games to record video that would be used to decode their in-game signals.
According to The Wall Street Journal, Stalions’ neighbors in Ann Arbor had issues with him having numerous of old vacuum cleaners in front of his porch. It got so bad that Stalions was apparently sued for allegedly operating an appliance refurbishing business from his own home.
He would go on to forego having a lawyer and represent himself in court.
He said, “I suspect that whoever has chosen to sue me either 1. doesn’t like the fact that I am a veteran; or 2. is a Michigan State fan and knows I am a Michigan football coach and wants to draw my attention away.”
Stalions was listed as a recruiting analyst for Michigan and had a LinkedIn account that said he was hired by the football program in 2022.
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He has since stepped down from his role at Michigan as of last Friday.
“I am extremely grateful for the opportunity I’ve had to work with the incredible student-athletes, coach Harbaugh and the other coaches that have been a part of the Michigan football family during my tenure,” Stalions said. “I do not want to be a distraction from what I hope to be a championship run for the team, and I will continue to cheer them on.”
Multiple Big Ten schools have reportedly found records of tickets purchased in Stalions’ name to their games and surveillance video of the people sitting in those seats pointing cell phones toward the field.
John Harbaugh, who served a three-game, university-imposed suspension earlier this season, has denied any knowledge or involvement in impermissible scouting of opponents.
