The day before Michigan plays a football game at Maryland, another game will be played on a Michigan court. Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh will also be in attendance.
And he has no intention of staying silent.
“We’re going to talk on Friday,” Harbaugh said Monday, via ESPN.com. “I’m just looking forward to the opportunity — following due process. I’m not looking for special treatment, I’m not looking for a popularity contest, I’m just looking for the merits of the case. .”
Friday’s hearing will consider Michigan’s request for an order lifting Harbaugh’s game-day suspension until the underlying litigation is resolved. (Michigan has already been unable to obtain a “temporary restraining order” that would have allowed Harbaugh to coach two days earlier at Penn State.) The harm caused by what you did cannot be corrected later.
In some cases, such hearings may include live testimony from witnesses. If Harbaugh’s Big Ten suspension proves to have exceeded his limits, he would be the most prudent person to testify about the “irreparable harm” of not being allowed to coach the team. right.
Harbaugh, a highly competitive company, is also actively engaged in the looming legal battle.
“I always thought it would be cool to stand there and yell at the jury like Tom Cruise in the movie.” good men Or you become a judge,” Harbaugh said. “Oh, I didn’t go to law school. This is the first time I’ve really been in a situation like this.”
On Friday, he’ll be closer to Jack Nicholson than Tom Cruise. But here, it was Harbaugh who was ordered to code red. The question is whether the Code Red filing can be delayed until a judge decides whether it should be dismissed.