ANN ARBOR, MI (AP) --
The University of Michigan is punishing its own football program
for violating NCAA rules.
Michigan released details Tuesday of self-imposed sanctions it
hopes will satisfy the NCAA, whose staff will hold a hearing on the
case in August.
The school says it will cut practice and training time by 130
hours over the next two years. It also banned some of its staff
from attending practices, games or coaching meetings in 2010, and
recommend two years of probation.
Michigan disagreed with the NCAA's charge that coach Rich
Rodriguez failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance within the
nation's winningest college football program. The school also said
it shouldn't be subject to a repeat offender tag following a 2003
booster scandal in the basketball program.
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