Connor Stalions on alleged sign stealing: 'I don't break rules, I exploit them'

The Netflix documentary "Sign Stealer" was released on Tuesday and former Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions, who is at the heart of the alleged sign-stealing scheme, finally got to tell his side of the story.

As myself and many other Michigan football fans have said or written, it's unclear if Stalions violated the NCAA rules against in-person scouting. Stalions said in the documentary that "he's never advanced scouted" which is true. Here's more of what he said (via ESPN).

"One, I've never advance scouted," he said in the documentary. "Two, if this was about signals, I obtain signals the way every other team does, through watching TV copies and talking to other intel guys from other teams. What set me apart was the way in which I organized that information and processed it on game day."

Stalions said that he did give tickets to others and sometimes he would get film from them, but that it wasn't giving him information he didn't already have. He also didn't say he directed them to do it.

"I've had friends send me film," Stalions says. "It's kind of like when your aunt gets you a Christmas gift that you already have. You're not going to be rude and be like, 'Oh, I already have this. I don't need that.' It's, 'Oh, thanks, appreciate it.' They feel like they're helping out when I already have the signals, I've already memorized the signals."

The documentary also brings up claims about information that was stolen from Stalions, according to his attorney, Brad Beckworth, who said this in an interview with the NCAA about a possible illegal breach potentially being the source.

"If that's true, it's certainly a violation of civil law and it's maybe a bigger crime," Beckworth tells the NCAA. "And if it's true that came from somebody associated with or tied to TheOhio State University -- and we think it was -- that's where if I was going to try to do right I might be focusing."

Michigan football still facing potential punishment

Michigan football has reportedly received a notice of allegations from the NCAA, which didn't change much from the draft that was reported by ESPN after another leak from the NCAA.

However, the document showed that no evidence that former Michigan football head coach Jim Harbaugh knew, nor did anyone else on the staff.

It's also the most overblown scandal in sports history because Ohio State fans and their head coach are some of the softest people you'll ever encounter.

Please keep crying, Buckeye fans -- hope you enjoyed the documentary as much as Michigan football fans, especially the part where the Wolverines won the national championship.