According to the lawsuit, Velazquez was instructed to lie to the NCAA by former Michigan analyst Connor Stalions, the architect of
Michigan’s impermissible in-person scouting scheme. In a phone call that Velazquez recorded without Stalions’ knowledge, which the lawsuit asserts Velazquez had the right to record under Michigan state law, Stalions allegedly told Velazquez to “never give up your phone” and that “you can technically lie your ass off and it doesn’t even matter.”
After Velazquez told his father that Stalions had film of Ohio State practices, Velazquez’s father became concerned that his son had been pulled into an operation that violated NCAA rules, according to the complaint. Velazquez’s father contacted a friend who coached at a Division III school, who informed Velazquez’s father that conducting in-person advance scouting and filming signs would violate NCAA rules. When an investigator looking into possible NCAA infractions by Michigan approached Velazquez’s father, he turned over the documents he had to the investigator and instructed his son to be honest with any investigation.
