Netflix to release ‘Sign Stealer’ documentary on Michigan football, Connor Stalions
The NCAA has yet to weigh in on its investigation into an alleged sign-stealing scheme within the Michigan football program that has been pinned on former low-level staffer Connor Stalions, but Netflix will release a documentary about the scandal on Aug. 27.
Stalions will be among those interviewed in the documentary, “Sign Stealer,” Netflix announced Monday. It is part Netflix’s series “Untold,” which will included pieces on the murder of Steve McNair (“The Murder of Air McNair” on Aug. 20) and “Hope Solo vs. U.S. Soccer” on Sept. 3.
The release Monday from Netflix said Stalions will share his side of the alleged sign-stealing saga “that turned him into a viral villain.” Stalions has not done any interviews with any other outlet.
Last October during Michigan’s run to the national championship, the NCAA launched an investigation of the Michigan football program, and Stalions’ name surfaced as the architect of a vast network that sent various individuals to games involving future Michigan opponents using tickets he purchased reportedly during a three-year period. Those individuals recorded teams’ signs. While in-game scouting is legal, scouting in-person games of future opponents is not.