Overview
- Michigan State accepted a negotiated NCAA resolution that vacates all 14 victories from 2022–2024 after three ineligible players appeared in games.
- The program is on probation for three years and must pay a $30,000 fine plus 1.5% of its football budget, with penalties effective immediately.
- Recruiting is restricted through 2027, including fewer official and unofficial visits, a six-week communications blackout, 30 fewer recruiting-person days, and a one-week annual ban on off-campus contacts and evaluations.
- Show-cause orders were issued to former staff: three years for Mel Tucker under head-coach responsibility rules, six years for ex-GM Saeed Khalif, and five years for former assistant Brandon Jordan.
- The NCAA found staff provided about $10,764 in impermissible inducements and roughly $3,075 in airfare to three prospects who later played in 26 games; MSU said it self-reported, cooperated and that the ineligible players are no longer on the team.