Netflix Sign Stealer: Did We Learn Anything New About Connor Stalions

[Applause] now I watched the new Untold Netflix documentary science stealer today I want to fill you in on the details without really spoiling too much now last year I broke down the controversy surrounding Michigan's alleged sign stealing and in-person scouting operation uh I did a video discussing the NCAA bylaw 11.6.1 now in that same video I discussed how sign stealing or deciphering signals is legal if you're doing it in game or using TV or all 22 copy to decipher and then connect the actual formations and play types Etc now at the end of the day what did we learn if anything new from this documentary now before we dive into this any further I want to remind you to check out our website Football Scout 365.com where you can find all of our NFL draft fantasy football and college football analysis including our NFL Draft player rankings ahead of the 2024 college football season which is already underway again you can find all of that and more on our website Football Scout 365.com so without muddying the waters with frivolous allegations the primary focus of this NCAA investigation against Michigan centers around in-person Advan scouting of opponent so once again for this to be illegal an actual Michigan staffer or Connor stallions himself would have to be attending an opponent's game and recording the signals from the stands himself or from the sideline for that batter which is exactly what the NCAA is alleging still the proof of this provides a gray area that was the purpose of the original video that I provided last year regarding the potential loophole or gray area that stallion appears to have exploited uh this gray area involves NCAA bylaw 11.6.1 which prohibits off campus in-person scouting now the specific gray area within that bylaw is that it does not mention the use of a third party providing footage from an opponent's games uh There are rules though within the NCAA bylaws that mentioned that you can employ third parties to provide Advanced Data film Etc but it's not mentioned uh within that bylaw 11.6.1 which the main component here that we need to focus on is in-person Advance scouting uh by Connor stallions either himself or an actual University of Michigan football staffer or employee so here's where I'm at with all of this to this point stallion was clearly a devoted hardworking staff now if you follow me on Twitter or X whatever you want to call it I mentioned this a lot last year I pretty much spammed it over and over again last football season that in the world of scouting or at the Collegiate level where you have low-level staffers uh these are underpaid overworked staffers that are looking for that leg up in the industry there's a lot of potential out there for rule breaking I can tell you from both a firsthand and secondhand and perspective there are staffers at several big 10 schools both on the football and the basketball sides that share proprietary information they share signs they share detailed scouting information they that they collected from previous games with other staffers across the conference they literally trade the information in the cloak of darkness in secret they sometimes use you know Cloud accounts or whatever to share this information like a Google Drive account for example uh they text the information they and videos and pictures of information to one another this is a very legitimate practice and they do this all behind the scenes and with that being said the head coach of a major division one college football program and other onfield staff members this could all be happening without their knowledge and honestly if these coaches or Jim Harbaugh did know something about this they would likely dismiss that staff member right away because the trading of that data and know how coaches are they are extra paranoid this information is considered proprietary information now once again these are underpaid lowl staffers these people aspire to be head coaches one day just like Connor Stallions in the Netflix documentary he aspired to be the Michigan head coach one day so this is a dude who took it to another level whether it's trading information whether he procured game footage within the gray area of the NCAA rules using you know friends and family taking you know grainy iPhone footage from the bleachers whatever the case may be uh this was a guy that was motivated to succeed knowing that the reward in his in his mind that reward far outweighed that potential risk just remember once again these are staffers who work 80 plus hours a week some will do whatever it takes to get that leg up just for a few extra hours in season just to take a break hang out with their friends or just be normal outside of the grind of the sport so sharing information or coming up with new ways to be more efficient so I'm I'm not saying that you know this is a rampant thing where other staffers at other schools are sending people to games but I will say that it's not a new practice and as the NCAA begins to push forward I can tell you that Michigan may or may not have some evidence regarding uh you know other staffers from other schools participating in things very similarly to what you're seeing here with Conor stallion this is something that I think as we kind of progress forward you'll begin to hear more about once the NCAA begins to push Michigan a little bit further so we'll kind of see how this thing transpires again Michigan just received their notice of allegations they've got 90 days to respond their response will be I believe a week before the Ohio State Michigan game here in 2024 so it'll be interesting to kind of see how that transpires and and you know how this thing goes I do believe that you're not really going to to see any kind of uh new real new information in regards to uh potential punishment if there's going to be any punishment at all you're probably not going to see it anytime soon you're not going to see it in 2024 unless Michigan self imposes something on their own uh you're you're more than likely going to see something in 2025 and this thing could be pushed out to 2026 and even further the the way these things litigate themselves it takes a long time some of these things there's there's lawsuits in the past or or situations like like this in the past that take four or five years to really uh get to a resolution so there's a lot of back and forth a lot of lawyers involved and depending on the information that Michigan has and and what from what I understand Michigan already understands and knows about other schools doing similar things uh I I I believe this thing could drag out a lot longer uh if necessary depending on what the NCAA penalties or what the NCAA is trying to impose on Michigan at the end of the day now nothing really changes from the details that we had prior to the documentary I can tell you that you know the documentary it does a great job detailing how sence stealing and information sharing is a pretty rampant thing throughout college football as I've already mentioned so but to close this out I do want to ask you how do you feel about the science stealer documentary whether you've watched it or not you know based on the things you've heard if you haven't watched it or if you have already watched it uh does this change your opinion at all regarding Michigan and this entire Scandal let us know in the comments section how you feel uh should the NCAA just Hammer Michigan at the end of the day I want to know how do you feel about that Ohio State fans Michigan State fans I can already tell on social media How Deeply passionate they are about this situation they believe that Michigan deserves the hammer and they're going to get the hammer at the end of the day let me know in the comments section if that's what you believe as well or did Michigan prove that they were legit after they ran through every single difficult matchup last season without Conor stallions and and that to you is enough proof uh that the NCAA should just kind of back off a bit here again let us know your thoughts and as always I want to say thank you for watching please subscribe to the channel tell someone about us and stay tuned for more NFL draft fantasy football and college football content [Music] [Music]