UT under potential NCAA investigation for NIL

[tim]

TX AM says hi. Any inv without Ole Miss and TAM can straight FO.

 

[ButchPlz]

If they haven't done anything wrong, they should. By suggesting that Spyre broke the rules, the NCAA is damaging Spyre's business.

How can you do something wrong when there is no governance from the organization that is claiming they're doing wrong?

I'd have already lined up my suit.

 

[JRich]

This will be the downfall of the NCAA as a governing body.

 

[kcvols1]

NIL is bringing down college football. This is a damn shame

You serious? This is FASCINATING.

WAY more entertaining than 95% of the games from 2007-2021.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I bet the NCAA leaked this:
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The NCAA probably did leak it as a response to the publication of Plowman's letter. This will get ugly .... and used against us in recruiting.

Ultimately, it will do some more damage, but mostly on the recruiting front. I don't expect any future penalties from the NCAA to be severe, because we do have ammunition to fight back with. NIL guidelines have indeed been ambiguous and perpetually changing. This is uncharted territory in many ways. Mistakes are being made, but how do you prove intent, over something so new and unclear? I suspect that the NCAA is targeting Tennessee for this (when many other schools could also be in play) because they feel like we skated too easily over the Pruitt violations.

 

[orange parmejohn]

At the time of the flight the collective was not allowed to have anything to do with the school. They also couldn't obligate the player to any school. If this was followed then I'm curious why the NY Times calls Spyre a "booster" at that time. Again, if done correctly, there's no real paper trail back to UT.

This seemed to the boast about Tennessee in the origins of NIL. They were building it the “right” way.

 

[K-town Vol Fan]

 

[BowlBrother85]

At the time of the flight the collective was not allowed to have anything to do with the school. They also couldn't obligate the player to any school. If this was followed then I'm curious why the NY Times calls Spyre a "booster" at that time. Again, if done correctly, there's no real paper trail back to UT.

Astute.

 

[Voltopia]

HELL YEAH. Get in there and EFF 'EM UP, Donde!

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

So, if it’s about the flight and there’s nothing else, why not just make Nico reimburse the cost? Seems I remember recruits of other teams having to do it in the past. Would it be the time frame of the Pruitt investigation conclusion that is causing the rub? Honest question

They're not likely to go after Nico for accepting the flight. It's not his job to police those who recruited him. They're going after UT, likely, for offering the flight.

Making Nico pay for something UT funded for him apparently before he was even a student at the school seems quite a stretch.

I'm curious how the NCAA keeps finding out things on UT. While some folks want to say the NCAA has it in for UT, I think it's MUCH more likely one or more of our rivals is tipping the NCAA off on things.

 

[Septic]

They will try. The problem is that Congress can't legislate against NIL without nullifying the Interstate Commerce Act, and that's not going to happen.

If they do try to weasel sound it, it will get thrown out by SCOTUS.

The bottom line is that what the NCAA is doing is a backdiir trying to conrr

Did you have a stroke at the end?

 

[ThatVolGuy]

They're not likely to go after Nico for accepting the flight. It's not his job to police those who recruited him. They're going after UT, likely, for offering the flight.

Well that seems to be the crux of the matter, no? If UT can prove there was no collaboration/involvement with Spyre here, this seems like a tenuous accusation.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

The NCAA probably did leak it as a response to the publication of Plowman's letter. This will get ugly .... and used against us in recruiting.

Ultimately, it will do some more damage, but mostly on the recruiting front. I don't expect any future penalties from the NCAA to be severe, because we do have ammunition to fight back with. NIL guidelines have indeed been ambiguous and perpetually changing. This is uncharted territory in many ways. Mistakes are being made, but how do you prove intent, over something so new and unclear? I suspect that the NCAA is targeting Tennessee for this (when many other schools could also be in play) because they feel like we skated too easily over the Pruitt violations.

The next $1 mil will be spent on lawyers for the court trial.

NCAA about to lose in court and that will be the end of them.

 

[JBVolunteer]

If they haven't done anything wrong, they should. By suggesting that Spyre broke the rules, the NCAA is damaging Spyre's business.

Severing the connections between NIL collectives and the universities has been the plan all along. The ruling against FSU proves that if there is even a hint/suggestion that an NIL deal is tied in any way to an athlete’s decision to play for a particular university; a violation has occurred. Essentially, the NCAA wants NIL agencies to represent the athletes independently with no ties at all to universities and recruiting.

 

[volbound1700]

 

[GiveHim6InSC]

They're not likely to go after Nico for accepting the flight. It's not his job to police those who recruited him. They're going after UT, likely, for offering the flight.

Making Nico pay for something UT funded for him apparently before he was even a student at the school seems quite a stretch.

I'm curious how the NCAA keeps finding out things on UT. While some folks want to say the NCAA has it in for UT, I think it's MUCH more likely one or more of our rivals is tipping the NCAA off on things.

Seems as if there’s no paper trail to UT for the flight, things would be a bit speculative. I guess that’s the point of the investigation and this jackass just decided to run with it because his employer is folding up shop

 

[ColinS]

If I'm Plowman I don't cooperate with them at all and tell them you will see them in court.

 

[rdk4121]

I think we're going to tell them to shove it, as we should. Every program that does that comes out better than when they comply.

 

[VOL89grad]

What is this?

Calling Commissioner Sankey…

VOLS here, this is really getting stupid quickly. While NCAA has tried to remain relevant, their actions WRT setting policy for NIL after the Supreme Court spanked them is absolutely confusing, comical, and distracting to our Athletic Department as well as other members of our conference (see Gators).

It’s becoming clearer every day in Knoxville that the NCAA “management” up in Indianapolis is no longer up to the task. Is it time for the SEC to cast-off the antiquated NCAA? That’s a call you need to make for our Conference…. in meantime, please help our entire conference navigate the shifting sands of the NCAA “governance” of our beloved conference.

Go VOLS!

 

[BanditVol]

The article said major violations but it's Pat Forde reporting so who knows?

Pat Ford-day is about as FOS as you can get. He just absolutely loathes UT, and the feeling is mutual.

 

[FranklinVFL]

Welp, I smell a Class Action lawsuit about to happen....with the way the NCAA is throwing crap out at large P5 universities and their collectives, they will end up combining forces to dismantle the NCAA...and once that occurs, if they can prove damages, there will be defamation coming right after to bankrupt the NCAA.....we admit when we were wrong, but we will fight when right.....

So will we go down in history as who broke the NCAA?

 

[BanditVol]

I think we're going to tell them to shove it, as we should. Every program that does that comes out better than when they comply.

I agree with what Wes is saying Donde said.

 

[joevols89]

Seems as if there’s no paper trail to UT for the flight, things would be a bit speculative. I guess that’s the point of the investigation and this jackass just decided to run with it because his employer is folding up shop

Nico is Spyre’s client. They can 100% fly him out to discuss his NIL opportunities. Do they have proof they only flew him out for recruiting and not to meet with Spyre?

If he was flown out to and discussed business but also stopped by the school, there should be no issue. Did Spyre shuttle him directly from the jet to the campus?

 

[freedom fighter]

If I'm Plowman I don't cooperate with them at all and tell them you will see them in court.

Plowman is weak, Randy Boyd needs to handle this situation.

 

[chuckiepoo]

They're not likely to go after Nico for accepting the flight. It's not his job to police those who recruited him. They're going after UT, likely, for offering the flight.

Making Nico pay for something UT funded for him apparently before he was even a student at the school seems quite a stretch.

I'm curious how the NCAA keeps finding out things on UT. While some folks want to say the NCAA has it in for UT, I think it's MUCH more likely one or more of our rivals is tipping the NCAA off on things.

Meeshigan. Ducked out of the spotlight…