NCAA investigating Tennessee & QB Nico Iamaleava's NIL Deals. Penalized Florida State for NIL-related recruiting violation

[Franisdaman]

Story involving Florida State:


From NCAA.org:


Jan 11, 2024
7:22:00 PM
Meghan Durham Wright

NIL-related recruiting violation occurred in Florida State football program​

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Assistant coach violated ethical conduct rules.
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A Florida State assistant football coach violated NCAA rules when he facilitated an impermissible recruiting contact between a transfer prospect and a booster, according to an agreement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions. During that contact, the booster encouraged the prospect to enroll at Florida State and offered a name, image and likeness deal as a recruiting inducement. The assistant coach then violated ethical conduct rules when he provided false or misleading information about his involvement in the arranged meeting.

The school, assistant coach and enforcement staff agreed that the violation occurred after a prospective transfer student-athlete entered the NCAA Transfer Portal and communicated with the assistant coach to arrange an official visit to Florida State. During that visit, the assistant coach transported the prospect and his parents to and from an off-campus meeting with a booster, who at the time was the chief executive officer of an NIL collective that also was a booster. The prospect and his parents stated the assistant coach informed them that they would be meeting with the booster. The coach did not stay for the meeting.

During the meeting, the booster encouraged the prospect to enroll at Florida State and offered him an NIL opportunity with the collective worth approximately $15,000 per month during his first year at the school. After the meeting, the booster contacted the prospect and the prospect's mother via text message and/or phone call. Shortly thereafter, the prospect withdrew his name from the Transfer Portal and remained at his previous school. The prospect did not enter into an agreement with the booster or receive any related compensation.

The school and enforcement staff agreed that the meeting with the booster violated several recruiting rules. Specifically, the meeting constituted an impermissible recruiting contact because boosters are not authorized recruiters and generally cannot have in-person, off-campus contact with prospects. The booster also violated recruiting rules when he initiated telephonic communication with the prospect and his mother. Additionally, the booster's proposed NIL opportunity constituted an impermissible recruiting inducement.

The school, enforcement staff and assistant coach also agreed that during the enforcement staff's investigation, the assistant coach violated unethical conduct rules when he knowingly provided false or misleading information about his knowledge of and involvement in the violations. Specifically, on two occasions, he denied facilitating the meeting between the booster, prospect and prospect's family. However, the assistant coach was truthful about aspects of the violations, including acknowledging his role in transporting the prospect and his parents to the location where they met with the booster. Although providing false and misleading information historically supports a Level I violation, the unique facts and circumstances of this case supported a Level II violation.

This case was processed through the negotiated resolution process. The process was used instead of a formal hearing or summary disposition because the university, enforcement staff and assistant coach agreed on the violations and the penalties. The Division I Committee on Infractions panel reviewed the case to determine whether the resolution was in the best interests of the Association and whether the agreed-upon penalties were reasonable. Negotiated resolutions may not be appealed and do not set case precedent for other infractions cases.

The university, enforcement staff and assistant coach used ranges identified by the Division I membership-approved infractions penalty guidelines to agree upon Level II-standard penalties for the university and Level II-aggravated penalties for the assistant coach. The decision contains the full list of penalties as approved by the Committee on Infractions, including:

• Two years of probation.
• A two-year show cause order for the assistant coach, including a suspension from the next three regular-season games, a two-week restriction on recruiting communication, and required attendance at a NCAA Regional Rules Seminar attendance.
• A restriction from off-campus recruiting during fall 2023 for the assistant coach.
• A three-year disassociation from the booster.
• A one-year disassociation from the collective.
• A $5,000 fine plus 1% of the football budget.
• A 5% reduction in football scholarships over the two-year probationary period, amounting to a total reduction of five scholarships.
• A reduction in official (paid) visits in the football program in the 2023-24 academic year by seven. The school also will not roll over six unused official visits from the 2022-23 academic year.
• A reduction in football recruiting communications for a total of six weeks during the 2023-24 and 2024-25 academic years.
• A reduction in the number of in-person recruiting days during the 2023-24 academic year by six evaluation days during fall 2023 and 18 during spring 2024.

Members of the Committee on Infractions are drawn from the NCAA membership and members of the public. The members of the panel who reviewed this case are Tricia Turley Brandenburg, chief hearing officer for the panel and executive associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at Army West Point; Stephen Madva, attorney in private practice; and Vince Nicastro, deputy commissioner and chief operating officer of the Big East Conference.

NIL-related recruiting violation occurred in Florida State football program - NCAA.org

A Florida State assistant football coach violated NCAA rules when he facilitated an impermissible recruiting contact between a transfer prospect and a booster, according

www.ncaa.org

 

[Franisdaman]

More from Nicole Auerbach of the Athletic:

The NCAA this week proposed allowing coaches/staffers to connect enrolled athletes with boosters directly. But this violation would still be a violation regardless because it’s a prospective athlete not someone already enrolled in school. It’s a recruiting inducement.

 

[win1forthe]

The NCAA is a complete joke. It should just be dissolved for football. The fact they are trying to penalize a school at this point is comical and sad.

 

[Hawkfan_08]

Lol. Yes, FSU isn't feeling scorned enough.

 

[uihawk82]

The NCAA is a complete joke. It should just be dissolved for football. The fact they are trying to penalize a school at this point is comical and sad.

Yes, I would love to know when the ncaa first got knowledge of this infraction, when they got all their evidence, in order to determine how long they have known and how long from the evidence is in to when they levied the penalties. Did they sit on this for months or more while the season wound up?

 

[Franisdaman]

The NCAA is a complete joke. It should just be dissolved for football. The fact they are trying to penalize a school at this point is comical and sad.

yeah, its hard to know what's "legal" and what's not with NIL

 

[Packer54]

Wake me up when they go after a high profile SEC school. It will never happen.

 

[ellobo]

Wake me up when they go after a high profile SEC school. It will never happen.

Exactly...

What they are accused of is likely true...it happened...but pales in comparison to what some others are doing...see Miami, aTm, Oregon and most of the SEC

What FSU is most guilty of is trying to get out of its GOR...if the ACC implodes the other schools in the ACC and the NCAA itself will lose millions...time for the pitch forks

 

[RagnarLothbrok]

Lol. Yes, FSU isn't feeling scorned enough.

I doubt it’s coincidental.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Wait a sec! There was a thread here not long ago about what 5 star guys thought of the recruiting process. They talked about the offers they were getting for NIL money before they signed.

What is the rule??

 

[Dauminator]

Wait a sec! There was a thread here not long ago about what 5 star guys thought of the recruiting process. They talked about the offers they were getting for NIL money before they signed.

What is the rule??

 

[Hawk_4shur]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[Franisdaman]

Wake me up when they go after a high profile SEC school. It will never happen.

Tennessee high profile enough?

 

[jonesy5960]

Tennessee high profile enough?

Don't be messing with people's victimhood.

 

[Franisdaman]

Don't be messing with people's victimhood.

not even sure what this means

 

[Franisdaman]

 

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[Franisdaman]

Pat Forde broke the story.

Click on SI.com in the tweet below to take you to his story.

 

[hawkeyekid]

Oh boy. I can smell major sanctions coming for UT Chattanooga so everyone forgets about UT

 

[Franisdaman]

Oh boy. I can smell major sanctions coming for UT Chattanooga so everyone forgets about UT

isn't Bethune Cookman next up to be hit w/ sanctions?

 

[Franisdaman]

Story from the Associated Press:

Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a ‘failing’ group pursuing untrue allegations​

BY TERESA M. WALKER AND RALPH D. RUSSO
Updated 7:01 PM CST, January 30, 2024

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations that the school violated rules overseeing name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a letter to Charlie Baker on Monday shortly after Tennessee officials met with NCAA representatives to discuss the allegations. She said leaders of collegiate sports owe it to students and their families to act in their best interest with clear rules — and that the NCAA is nowhere close to providing that.

“Instead, 2 1/2 years of vague and contradictory NCAA memos, emails and ‘guidance’ about name, image and likeness (NIL) has created extraordinary chaos that student-athletes and institutions are struggling to navigate,” Plowman wrote. “In short, the NCAA is failing.”

Plowman wrote that she appreciated NCAA staff listening to Tennessee’s arguments and agreeing to evaluate them. But she also called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA enforcement staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights or institutions are “willfully violating” a “clear and unchanging set of rules.”

The NCAA’s policy is to refrain from commenting publicly about current, pending or potential investigations, with rare exceptions.

While the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes profiting from their fame in 2021, the association still had in place an interim NIL policy that fell back on previous broad rules against using payments as recruiting inducements, pay-for-play and boosters being involved in recruiting of athletes. The NCAA issued several clarifications of the policy and guidance to members over the next 18 months, including identifying third-party entities promoting a school’s athletic department as boosters.

The booster-funded NIL collective that supports Tennessee athletes, the Volunteer Club founded by Spyre Sports Group, was among the first and most well-organized to emerge around the country after the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes making money off their fame. That included a deal with prized 2023 quarterback recruit Nico Iamaleava from California.

Spyre defended the 2022 deal with Iamaleava in a statement Tuesday night, noting the quarterback’s decision did not hinge on the university he attended and was independent of anyone associated with Tennessee. The group said it followed California law allowing potential college athletes to agree to such deals.

“In short, the agreement was fully consistent with then existing NCAA NIL ‘guidelines’ and had nothing to do with recruiting Nico to the University of Tennessee or any other school,” according to the statement issued by attorney Tom Mars on behalf of Spyre Sports and the Volunteer Club.

The NCAA has been trying to crack down on NIL-related infractions lately, including suspending a Florida State assistant football coach for connecting a potential transfer with a representative of a collective. Tennessee’s Southeastern Conference rival Florida also received a notice of inquiry from the NCAA in June, a little less than a year after an NIL deal gone awry between former blue-chip recruit Jaden Rashada and a collective that was trying work with Gators athletes.

Plowman made it clear she wanted to talk to Baker in person, especially since the NCAA president recently testified before Congress about wanting to meet with as many members and athletes as possible about the issues surrounding college sports. Baker, who previously was the governor of Massachusetts, started in March 2023 and had no prior experience in college sports.

Plowman wrote the letter after her December request for Baker to meet with her and Tennessee athletic director Danny White was denied.

She said Tennessee worked well with the NCAA in a recent investigation, cooperation cited by the Division I Committee on Infractions as the standard for others to follow. Plowman wrote: “When we are wrong at the University of Tennessee, we admit it.”

Tennessee could be in danger of being treated as a repeat violator by the NCAA, which could make any sanctions or penalties more severe. Schools are subject to being deemed repeat violators if a Level I and II violation occurs within five years of a penalty being enacted from a previous case.

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million last July to cap an investigation started by the university in November 2020. The NCAA needed more than 80 pages in its report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Tennessee was found guilty of committing 18 Level I violations, the most severe. Most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families with benefits totaling approximately $60,000.

The head of the panel ruling on the investigation called the violations “egregious and expansive,” with Tennessee failing to monitor its football program.

Only Tennessee’s early cooperation with the NCAA kept the program from a postseason ban. Four former staffers were given show-cause orders, including one spanning six years for Pruitt, who was fired in January 2021.

“It is inconceivable that our institution’s leadership would be cited as an example of exemplary leadership in July 2023, then as a cautionary example of a lack of institutional control only six months later,” Plowman wrote in the letter.

The NCAA report last year found violations including at least 110 impermissible hotel room nights, 180 impermissible meals, 72 instances of providing impermissible entertainment or other benefits, 41 impermissible recruiting contacts, 37 instances of providing impermissible game-day parking and 14 times in which gear was impermissibly provided to prospects.

Tennessee just wrapped up a third season with coach Josh Heupel going 9-4. Iamaleava made his first career start in a 35-0 rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day.

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Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a 'failing' group pursuing untrue allegations

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations the school violated rules for name, image and likeness compensation compensation to athletes.

apnews.com

 

[BirdistheWord]

NIL violations ? I didn’t realize there was such a thing

 

[hawkeyekid]

isn't Bethune Cookman next up to be hit w/ sanctions?

Yep. Hard to pronounce so people will forget UT.

 

[Franisdaman]

 

[pistachio1999]

Schools just need to contract with the athletes and let’s stop this charade. Make them employees.

 

[Hendy hawk]

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Vageries?
Is that a word?
Edit: Guess it is. Defined as wandering off the beaten path.

 

[Franisdaman]

Vageries?
Is that a word?
Edit: Guess it is. Defined as wandering off the beaten path.

yeah; interesting word choice, for sure

I wonder if anything will come from the federal lawsuit that's now been filed against the NCAA by the AGs from Tennessee and Virginia

 

[madmustang4]

I’m not for or against Tennessee, but the NCAA has done virtually nothing to try and regulate NIL. I’m glad Tennessee’s actions have brought this to the forefront. Now maybe they’ll do something.

 

[ottumwan in tx]

Story from the Associated Press:

Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a ‘failing’ group pursuing untrue allegations​

BY TERESA M. WALKER AND RALPH D. RUSSO
Updated 7:01 PM CST, January 30, 2024

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations that the school violated rules overseeing name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a letter to Charlie Baker on Monday shortly after Tennessee officials met with NCAA representatives to discuss the allegations. She said leaders of collegiate sports owe it to students and their families to act in their best interest with clear rules — and that the NCAA is nowhere close to providing that.

“Instead, 2 1/2 years of vague and contradictory NCAA memos, emails and ‘guidance’ about name, image and likeness (NIL) has created extraordinary chaos that student-athletes and institutions are struggling to navigate,” Plowman wrote. “In short, the NCAA is failing.”

Plowman wrote that she appreciated NCAA staff listening to Tennessee’s arguments and agreeing to evaluate them. But she also called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA enforcement staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights or institutions are “willfully violating” a “clear and unchanging set of rules.”

The NCAA’s policy is to refrain from commenting publicly about current, pending or potential investigations, with rare exceptions.

While the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes profiting from their fame in 2021, the association still had in place an interim NIL policy that fell back on previous broad rules against using payments as recruiting inducements, pay-for-play and boosters being involved in recruiting of athletes. The NCAA issued several clarifications of the policy and guidance to members over the next 18 months, including identifying third-party entities promoting a school’s athletic department as boosters.

The booster-funded NIL collective that supports Tennessee athletes, the Volunteer Club founded by Spyre Sports Group, was among the first and most well-organized to emerge around the country after the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes making money off their fame. That included a deal with prized 2023 quarterback recruit Nico Iamaleava from California.

Spyre defended the 2022 deal with Iamaleava in a statement Tuesday night, noting the quarterback’s decision did not hinge on the university he attended and was independent of anyone associated with Tennessee. The group said it followed California law allowing potential college athletes to agree to such deals.

“In short, the agreement was fully consistent with then existing NCAA NIL ‘guidelines’ and had nothing to do with recruiting Nico to the University of Tennessee or any other school,” according to the statement issued by attorney Tom Mars on behalf of Spyre Sports and the Volunteer Club.

The NCAA has been trying to crack down on NIL-related infractions lately, including suspending a Florida State assistant football coach for connecting a potential transfer with a representative of a collective. Tennessee’s Southeastern Conference rival Florida also received a notice of inquiry from the NCAA in June, a little less than a year after an NIL deal gone awry between former blue-chip recruit Jaden Rashada and a collective that was trying work with Gators athletes.

Plowman made it clear she wanted to talk to Baker in person, especially since the NCAA president recently testified before Congress about wanting to meet with as many members and athletes as possible about the issues surrounding college sports. Baker, who previously was the governor of Massachusetts, started in March 2023 and had no prior experience in college sports.

Plowman wrote the letter after her December request for Baker to meet with her and Tennessee athletic director Danny White was denied.

She said Tennessee worked well with the NCAA in a recent investigation, cooperation cited by the Division I Committee on Infractions as the standard for others to follow. Plowman wrote: “When we are wrong at the University of Tennessee, we admit it.”

Tennessee could be in danger of being treated as a repeat violator by the NCAA, which could make any sanctions or penalties more severe. Schools are subject to being deemed repeat violators if a Level I and II violation occurs within five years of a penalty being enacted from a previous case.

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million last July to cap an investigation started by the university in November 2020. The NCAA needed more than 80 pages in its report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Tennessee was found guilty of committing 18 Level I violations, the most severe. Most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families with benefits totaling approximately $60,000.

The head of the panel ruling on the investigation called the violations “egregious and expansive,” with Tennessee failing to monitor its football program.

Only Tennessee’s early cooperation with the NCAA kept the program from a postseason ban. Four former staffers were given show-cause orders, including one spanning six years for Pruitt, who was fired in January 2021.

“It is inconceivable that our institution’s leadership would be cited as an example of exemplary leadership in July 2023, then as a cautionary example of a lack of institutional control only six months later,” Plowman wrote in the letter.

The NCAA report last year found violations including at least 110 impermissible hotel room nights, 180 impermissible meals, 72 instances of providing impermissible entertainment or other benefits, 41 impermissible recruiting contacts, 37 instances of providing impermissible game-day parking and 14 times in which gear was impermissibly provided to prospects.

Tennessee just wrapped up a third season with coach Josh Heupel going 9-4. Iamaleava made his first career start in a 35-0 rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day.

___

Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a 'failing' group pursuing untrue allegations

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations the school violated rules for name, image and likeness compensation compensation to athletes.

apnews.com

I wish it would fail but sadly it probably will not. I am actually surprised the ncaa still does sanctioning after NIL came about. more like racketeering or mob stuff out there

 

[ottumwan in tx]

I’m not for or against Tennessee, but the NCAA has done virtually nothing to try and regulate NIL. I’m glad Tennessee’s actions have brought this to the forefront. Now maybe they’ll do something.

this, I am no fan of ncaa, but if it's the governing body we have....

 

[doughuddl2]

Story from the Associated Press:

Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a ‘failing’ group pursuing untrue allegations​

BY TERESA M. WALKER AND RALPH D. RUSSO
Updated 7:01 PM CST, January 30, 2024

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations that the school violated rules overseeing name, image and likeness compensation to athletes.

Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a letter to Charlie Baker on Monday shortly after Tennessee officials met with NCAA representatives to discuss the allegations. She said leaders of collegiate sports owe it to students and their families to act in their best interest with clear rules — and that the NCAA is nowhere close to providing that.

“Instead, 2 1/2 years of vague and contradictory NCAA memos, emails and ‘guidance’ about name, image and likeness (NIL) has created extraordinary chaos that student-athletes and institutions are struggling to navigate,” Plowman wrote. “In short, the NCAA is failing.”

Plowman wrote that she appreciated NCAA staff listening to Tennessee’s arguments and agreeing to evaluate them. But she also called it “intellectually dishonest” for NCAA enforcement staff to pursue infractions cases as if students have no NIL rights or institutions are “willfully violating” a “clear and unchanging set of rules.”

The NCAA’s policy is to refrain from commenting publicly about current, pending or potential investigations, with rare exceptions.

While the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes profiting from their fame in 2021, the association still had in place an interim NIL policy that fell back on previous broad rules against using payments as recruiting inducements, pay-for-play and boosters being involved in recruiting of athletes. The NCAA issued several clarifications of the policy and guidance to members over the next 18 months, including identifying third-party entities promoting a school’s athletic department as boosters.

The booster-funded NIL collective that supports Tennessee athletes, the Volunteer Club founded by Spyre Sports Group, was among the first and most well-organized to emerge around the country after the NCAA lifted its ban on athletes making money off their fame. That included a deal with prized 2023 quarterback recruit Nico Iamaleava from California.

Spyre defended the 2022 deal with Iamaleava in a statement Tuesday night, noting the quarterback’s decision did not hinge on the university he attended and was independent of anyone associated with Tennessee. The group said it followed California law allowing potential college athletes to agree to such deals.

“In short, the agreement was fully consistent with then existing NCAA NIL ‘guidelines’ and had nothing to do with recruiting Nico to the University of Tennessee or any other school,” according to the statement issued by attorney Tom Mars on behalf of Spyre Sports and the Volunteer Club.

The NCAA has been trying to crack down on NIL-related infractions lately, including suspending a Florida State assistant football coach for connecting a potential transfer with a representative of a collective. Tennessee’s Southeastern Conference rival Florida also received a notice of inquiry from the NCAA in June, a little less than a year after an NIL deal gone awry between former blue-chip recruit Jaden Rashada and a collective that was trying work with Gators athletes.

Plowman made it clear she wanted to talk to Baker in person, especially since the NCAA president recently testified before Congress about wanting to meet with as many members and athletes as possible about the issues surrounding college sports. Baker, who previously was the governor of Massachusetts, started in March 2023 and had no prior experience in college sports.

Plowman wrote the letter after her December request for Baker to meet with her and Tennessee athletic director Danny White was denied.

She said Tennessee worked well with the NCAA in a recent investigation, cooperation cited by the Division I Committee on Infractions as the standard for others to follow. Plowman wrote: “When we are wrong at the University of Tennessee, we admit it.”

Tennessee could be in danger of being treated as a repeat violator by the NCAA, which could make any sanctions or penalties more severe. Schools are subject to being deemed repeat violators if a Level I and II violation occurs within five years of a penalty being enacted from a previous case.

The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million last July to cap an investigation started by the university in November 2020. The NCAA needed more than 80 pages in its report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt.

Tennessee was found guilty of committing 18 Level I violations, the most severe. Most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families with benefits totaling approximately $60,000.

The head of the panel ruling on the investigation called the violations “egregious and expansive,” with Tennessee failing to monitor its football program.

Only Tennessee’s early cooperation with the NCAA kept the program from a postseason ban. Four former staffers were given show-cause orders, including one spanning six years for Pruitt, who was fired in January 2021.

“It is inconceivable that our institution’s leadership would be cited as an example of exemplary leadership in July 2023, then as a cautionary example of a lack of institutional control only six months later,” Plowman wrote in the letter.

The NCAA report last year found violations including at least 110 impermissible hotel room nights, 180 impermissible meals, 72 instances of providing impermissible entertainment or other benefits, 41 impermissible recruiting contacts, 37 instances of providing impermissible game-day parking and 14 times in which gear was impermissibly provided to prospects.

Tennessee just wrapped up a third season with coach Josh Heupel going 9-4. Iamaleava made his first career start in a 35-0 rout of Iowa in the Citrus Bowl on New Year’s Day.

___

Tennessee chancellor rips the NCAA as a 'failing' group pursuing untrue allegations

The University of Tennessee chancellor ripped the NCAA president in a scathing letter released Tuesday that said the “failing” organization is pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations the school violated rules for name, image and likeness compensation compensation to athletes.

apnews.com

Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a scathing letter and then paid an $8M fine. 😆

So were you guilty Donde? And why pay the $8M fine? Or did they. Over 200 infractions, damn.

 

[Franisdaman]

I’m not for or against Tennessee, but the NCAA has done virtually nothing to try and regulate NIL. I’m glad Tennessee’s actions have brought this to the forefront. Now maybe they’ll do something.

I think the NCAA is afraid of losing another 9-0 decision to the Supreme Court

 

[Franisdaman]

I wish it would fail but sadly it probably will not. I am actually surprised the ncaa still does sanctioning after NIL came about. more like racketeering or mob stuff out there

The Power Conferences have discussed breaking away from the NCAA for football

And I agree; the NIL rules are vague, to put it mildly.

 

[Franisdaman]

Click on the YouTube link in the tweet for the full discussion.

Here's one minute of it:

 

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This is the beginning to the end of the NCAA overseeing the FBS.

 

[Franisdaman]

This is the beginning to the end of the NCAA overseeing the FBS.

will the NCAA still exist for all sports other than FBS?

 

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