NCAA puts Michigan State football on 3 years of probation
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Michigan State football becomes first program since Arizona State to have wins vacated by the NCAA. The Sun Devils vacated 10 wins in 2021-22
Michigan State’s football program has received three years of probation and former head coach Mel Tucker was given a show-cause penalty as part of a negotiated resolution with the NCAA over recruiting violations.
What the NCAA did to Michigan State football Wednesday hurts college football and creates a perception the sport has a two-tiered justice system.
The worst part of this mess, of the NCAA putting itself in an awkward enforcement position at the behest of Michigan State officials trying to throw more dirt at Tucker, is one of the 14 games vacated by the Spartans was the 31-7 victory over Central Michigan in the 2023 season opener.
Michigan State football made the 2015 College Football Playoff. Ten years later, the Spartans are mired in a decade-long downturn. What happened?