Michigan spied on Vols last year

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I don't see the problem with an employee of one school scouting another team from outside the conference. What's the big deal about doing that? You can do it only with schools in your conference? Why only in your conference? You ought to be able to go scout any team you want. I'm not clear on why this is considered cheating. It's like, well, you or someone else can try to pick up Michigan State's signals, but not Tennessee's?
 
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turbovol said:
I don't see the problem with an employee of one school scouting another team from outside the conference. What's the big deal about doing that? You can do it only with schools in your conference? Why only in your conference? You ought to be able to go scout any team you want. I'm not clear on why this is considered cheating. It's like, well, you or someone else can try to pick up Michigan State's signals, but not Tennessee's?
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I think you are missing all of the actual points of what happened. You cannot do any in person scouting, conference or not. But what they are accused of doing is much more than that. The Michigan analyst in question here was allegedly having people travel around the country to the games of upcoming opponents, and record the members of the coaching staff who signal in the plays. He would then compare that with the game film, and deduce what play they signaled in. He supposedly kept a play sheet for each team that he broke down, and stayed on the hip of the defensive coordinator during the games. He would watch the coaches signal a play, and then tell the defensive coordinator what play was coming. If they just had someone on the sideline trying to crack the code of what the signals meant, that is perfectly fine. But this operation was seemingly unprecedented.
 
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turbovol said:
I don't see the problem with an employee of one school scouting another team from outside the conference. What's the big deal about doing that? You can do it only with schools in your conference? Why only in your conference? You ought to be able to go scout any team you want. I'm not clear on why this is considered cheating. It's like, well, you or someone else can try to pick up Michigan State's signals, but not Tennessee's?
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It’s a rule that schools chose to implement that prevents this. The rules the NCAA enforces are determined & voted on by member schools.
 
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dobre_shunka said:
I've never seen a televised game that had a camera angle that showed the signals from start to finish.
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I've actually paid attention to it. Either way it's really not that big of a deal to me. Are we supposed to think that Michigan is the only team that's done it. Hell probably every team does it
 
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Easy solution to this, surprised we haven't implemented it yet in the college game:

Give an earpiece to each team's QB and MLB (or other defensive play caller, whoever). Give the mics to the OC and DC of each team.

Voila. No more signaling from the sidelines.

Oh, and encrypt the signals, because you just know some dirt bag is gonna get a scanner and try to listen in.

Heh.

Go Vols!
 
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Eastknox865 said:
I really don't understand the issue. Can't you just watch the game on a television stop and pause to watch the signals anyway. What's the big deal
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Really? TV cameras may show a quick shot of sideline hand signals 2-3 times a game, and only a split-second snippet, at that. We’re talking about full sideline signal recordings of 40-50 plays, here.
 
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