Ohio State is now in the middle of its own cheating storm as the NCAA is reportedly investigating the program for gaining “unauthorized access” to practice film from other schools via a video platform called Catapult.
Catapult, the company that handles video footage for college teams, confirmed that college football’s governing body is conducting a probe, though specific programs haven’t been named.
“We will continue to support the ongoing investigation with the NCAA and local authorities,” the company told ESPN in a statement. “At Catapult, we hold ourselves to the highest of standards and safeguarding customer information is of utmost importance to us.”
According to the Blue Bloods Bias account on X, many believe that Ohio State is the subject of the investigation because of insider reports, as well as their links with Catapult.
Both the former Ohio State Director of Football Video and the Assistant Football Video Coordinator are now senior engineers at the company which keeps recordings of team practices on the cloud.
This could be a serious conflict of interest given that the individuals were with the Buckeyes for over three years and now hold major positions in a firm that holds important data on their rivals.
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A spokesperson for the University of Michigan has already made it known that they are not being accused, though they believe that they were one of the schools targeted. The Wolverines closed off access to their Catapult cloud and video in November to prevent anyone from outside the program from accessing their film.
