Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010

It’s time that the University of Michigan cuts its ties with coach Rich Rodriguez
Tuesday was one of the lowest days in Michigan football history as the NCAA delivered its notice of allegations against the program.

The NCAA listed five violations against the Wolverine football program under Rodriguez.

Michigan has played football for more than 100 years and has never had a major violation against its program.

Yet in less than a year, Rodriguez figured out a way to get the Wolverines headed down the same road that so many other colleges and universities have found themselves traveling.

The university gave an update Tuesday afternoon about the NCAA investigation.

The letter from the NCAA listed five violations against the university, Rodriguez and his staff.

Michigan has 90 days to respond to the allegations and then will face an NCAA hearing in August to decide penalties against the school.

The most amazing part, however, was to read in the statements released by the school that Rodriguez said that they misinterpreted the rules and that they would try to figure out how mistakes were made.

Come on now.

Rodriguez is not new to the coaching ranks.

The NCAA hasn’t changed the rules on the amount of time coaches can spend with their players in and out of season.

You didn’t understand the rules?

We find that hard to believe.

And then, incoming athletic director David Brandon stands there and tells the media that Rodriguez will be the Wolverines coach next season.

We hope that Brandon and the rest of the Michigan administration thinks long and hard about that statement.

The Wolverines have never had a major violation against its program.

Now we are unclear as to whether or not these are considered major violations, but regardless, in less than a year Rodriguez has brought shame to the program.

We won’t even bother to get into his less than impressive record after two seasons at the helm.

But in the long run, we believe it’s time that Michigan and Rodriguez part ways, which would be in the best interest of the university.