The University of Michigan's board of regents did not discuss the future of athletics director Warde Manuel nor any aspect of an internal investigation into the school's athletics department during a meeting Thursday in Traverse City, Mich.
As reported by ESPN, the athletics department was the subject of much speculation this week on whether Manuel would be leaving a job he has held for over a decade.
A source told ESPN there is currently no timetable on determining Manuel's future nor releasing any, if any at all, part of a nearly $12 million investigation into the athletics department's "culture" from the Chicago law firm Jenner & Block.
The Detroit Free Press reported Thursday that Michigan recently added another $200,000 to the growing investigation tab that has drawn scrutiny within the legal community.
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While no decision emerged from Thursday's regents meeting regarding Manuel's future as athletics director, a university regent told mlive.com Thursday that Michigan plans to release at least some findings from the investigation.
The findings could be made public once regents receive a written version of the report, regent Paul Brown said, adding investigators did not uncover a major “smoking gun” involving Manuel but found a series of missteps that helped create the conditions for what he called a “disaster” inside the department.
In a separate mlive.com report, Michigan president Domenico Grasso gave Manuel a public vote of confidence, telling the news outlet Thursday that he believes Manuel remains “one of the best athletic directors in the country.”
