The NCAA finally announced its ruling for the Tennessee football violations that occurred from 2018-20 under head coach Jeremy Pruitt. The violations included impermissible paid recruiting visits, direct payments to prospects, student-athletes and their families and unethical conduct.
The penalties include a six-year show-cause order for Jeremy Pruitt, show-cause orders for other staffers, a vacation of all records in which the student-athletes participated while ineligible, fines totaling more than $8 million, a reduction of scholarships, a reduction of official and unofficial visits, a recruiting communication ban, a reduction of evaluation days and five years of probation.
Per ESPN, the fine is believed to be the largest as a result of an NCAA infractions case.
Here's the full report from the NCAA:
Some more details from our Tennessee site:
I'll highlight some of the infractions in the post below.
The penalties include a six-year show-cause order for Jeremy Pruitt, show-cause orders for other staffers, a vacation of all records in which the student-athletes participated while ineligible, fines totaling more than $8 million, a reduction of scholarships, a reduction of official and unofficial visits, a recruiting communication ban, a reduction of evaluation days and five years of probation.
Per ESPN, the fine is believed to be the largest as a result of an NCAA infractions case.
Here's the full report from the NCAA:
Hundreds of violations occurred in Tennessee football program over 3 seasons - NCAA.org
Over the course of three seasons, the Tennessee football program committed 18 Level I violations — encompassing more than 200 individual infractions — most of which
www.ncaa.org
Some more details from our Tennessee site:
VolReport - NCAA levies scholarship reductions, fine against Tennessee football program
The NCAA has made its decision on the Tennessee football program.
tennessee.rivals.com
I'll highlight some of the infractions in the post below.
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