UT under potential NCAA investigation for NIL

[Seattle Hillbilly]

UT should lawyer up and start suing the pants off Forde and perhaps the NCAA for slander and for being A-Holes. Lawyers can do that kinda stuff right?

 

[Exiled]

.... but as long as the school or employees of the school didn't arrange it or pay for it, then there is no problem, unless Spyre made Iamaleava's NIL deal contingent upon playing for Tennessee.

Which has already been shown they didn’t.

 

[Volador]

NIL Sucks. NCAA should have agreed to allow each college to give all players a specific set amount of money. Here son, you get $5,000/day/week/month, and you #82, you get $5,000 day/week/month, etc.

Are the rules for NIL posted on a website? If they are, wanna bet the NCAA doesn't even know how to interpret them 100%??

 

[xJesusx56]

Drugs? ETOH? Flying booger attack? You OK?

Flying booger attack? Get Jimmy Cheek on the phone, UT has one last mission for the man…

 

[Visiting Dawg]

Saints in dawgs clothing

Nope, no saints in college football but if you're going to say UGA is paying top dollar for recruits, you should be able to name a kid that is getting paid big dollars by the UGA collective.

 

[Frozevol]

Drugs? ETOH? Flying booger attack? You OK?

Thick thummmds

 

[Volfan76]

This is a non-story to anybody but Pat Forde. He probably reported the "violations" himself.

 

[Exiled]

Nope, no saints in college football but if you're going to say UGA is paying top dollar for recruits, you should be able to name a kid that is getting paid big dollars by the UGA collective.

Carson Beck is working on that. Get back to me later.

 

[norrislakevol]

Gotta say that, from what I’ve been reading these last two hours, I really love the way Donde has come out swinging on this, pulling no punches.

No quarter, Donde. None asked, none given.

Exactly. Run the NCAA out of Knoxville, don't talk to them, tell everyone else not to talk to them as well. Do not let them single Tennessee out. If they come back a couple of years from now with probation or scholarship reductions then just tell them to kick rocks and don't do any of it. the NCAA won't be around much longer anyways in its current form.

 

[BowlBrother85]

I'm not saying she shouldn't. I'm just seeing that ESPN did an "open records" request and got the letter.

Unless ESPN had some kind of wind of this before, it's doubtful they asked for it and got it today. Also, the fact that they got it and IF they got it really quickly means UT knew this was coming, knew the letter was strong, and knew it would send the message that they wanted.

Donde definitely did the right thing, but I don't think this story just "popped up" out of the blue on reporters. I'll bet there's been rumors and obviously ESPN went digging for the UT to NCAA letter and knew what to ask for.

Look at the date of the letter. It was sent by Plowman on January 29, 2024. That was yesterday. When do you think the letter was obtained?

 

[Woodlawn VOL]

It figures. Just when things look like they are going great. If it’s NIL related? Well most wanted players getting paid. This is the crap that happens. I fully expect us to get in trouble yet again. Negative recruiting will start up yet again. Great.

Oh please calm down, this is as nothing burger as it gets. The university has pretty much said they are twisting and misleading lies.

 

[Stoerner Fumbles]

Spyre was too Wild West with Nico. Ultimately the violations they’re accusing us of making were not explicitly forbidden at the time, but some individuals in Spyre were too reckless in sharing information with friends during Nico’s recruitment. It’s too early to bet on outcomes, but I think it will end with warnings or apologies, not penalties. We shall see. I hope the specific clowns are held accountable for what they did.

 

[Dadof2Vols]

The reaction from Donde Plowman certainly seems like SOMETHING is going on

Reading between the lines, the Plowman letter was obtained via some kind of "freedom of information" request, so this has been percolating under the radar for awhile. Those kinds of requests need to be specific so there's been wind of something out there. Why else would there have been a request for that letter?

Something is definitely up. With the NCAA, who knows what BUT Plowman saw it as serious enough to fire back with guns blazing.

The letter was date YESTERDAY. Someone from UT leaked for someone to request the letter or UT put out intentionally. Either way, UT wanted the letter out. Freedom requests are usually stonewalled. Look how long UT kept information private with previous investigation.

This is UT/Donde on Donald K kind of offense.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Oh please calm down, this is as nothing burger as it gets. The university has pretty much said they are twisting and misleading lies.

We shall see.

 

[Elhanan]

Bullcrap being pushed by a bunch of Crimson fanboys*

Trash that pos Pat on X. He’s a liar and is just mad UT is about to wreck his favorite programs.

 

[Zues1]

NCAA is going to keep pushing buttons until the institutions join forces and kick them to the curb

 

[VOLociraptorr]

Dear NCAA,

Do not mess with Donde or she will F you up.

Sincerely, former SEC head coach, now PE teacher.

P.S. You have been warned

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

NIL is leveling the playing field

 

[Dadof2Vols]

NIL Sucks. NCAA should have agreed to allow each college to give all players a specific set amount of money. Here son, you get $5,000/day/week/month, and you #82, you get $5,000 day/week/month, etc.

Are the rules for NIL posted on a website? If they are, wanna bet the NCAA doesn't even know how to interpret them 100%??

What you have suggested would not have passed SCOTUS

 

[freedom fighter]

Spyre was too Wild West with Nico. Ultimately the violations they’re accusing us of making were not explicitly forbidden at the time, but some individuals in Spyre were too reckless in sharing information with friends during Nico’s recruitment. It’s too early to bet on outcomes, but I think it will end with warnings or apologies, not penalties. We shall see. I hope the specific clowns are held accountable for what they did.

Spyre did EVERYTHING 100% by the rules in place at the time.

 

[SayUWantAreVOLution]

Look at the date of the letter. It was sent by Plowman on January 29, 2024. That was yesterday. When do you think the letter was obtained?

That's the thing. ESPN KNEW this was happening to request and get a specific letter that quickly. UT would have to pass this request past lawyers and whatnot, then release it.

My point is: this isn't a "breaking story" but something that's been up. If you think the letter that Donde sent is the first draft, not been passed across Randy Boyd's desk, not been scrutinized by attorneys....... we'll have to disagree. Donde didn't just fire that letter off on her own yesterday.

That's all I'm saying. This has been brewing and likely good reporters have been smelling blood for awhile.

 

[DaddyChad]

From what I’m hearing, the NCAA is trying to
Retroactively punish TN for rules that weren’t established at the time. It’s total BS. Thai will be a big nothing burger at the end of the day. The NCAA has zero power to enforce crap now. This power grab will be the end of he NCAA. If all the schools say F U and fight back, it’s over the NCAA.

Investigation is for violations of rules that weren’t in place at the time. Tennessee followed the guidelines that were in place. Basically they’re looking for more dirt and know we’re an easy target bc we’re still on probation and have one of the highest profile NIL athletes that will be a starter next year on a high profile team. Plowman basically nicely told them this isn’t going to happen without severe repercussions.

This goes away at the end of the day but it really screw’s Tennessee in recruiting. It’s absolute BS and I hope this is part of what ends that corrupt incompetent organization.

 

[barney]

Why is NCAA leaking to the press when TN hasn't received a notice of allegations yet?

 

[SeriousVolFan]

What is this?

This will not have any teeth. They are going to have to hit everyone with it if so with the ever changing rules. NCAA has clearly failed its mission once again.

 

[Checker_the_Shire]

Have I missed anything from Danny or Heupel yet? Granted this sounds like it’s more on the athletic department side of things and not so much Heupel or his staff.