Tennessee Football Written Up with 18 Level I Violations
Mates,
Haven't seen this posted, and it's shocking content. An SEC team, Tennessee no less, is getting written up for 18 Level I violations. The former coach (Pruitt) and his wife are implicated. They say the total is $60K, but I'm guessing they might be missing a zero...or two.
Money quote: Among other allegations, Pruitt is accused of providing about $9,000 to the mothers of two prospects. His wife, Casey, is accused of making 25 cash payments totaling about $12,500 to help a prospect's mother pay her car payment.
I'm sure there will be a very stern letter sent by the NCAA when it's all said and done, probably strong words like 'shame on you' and 'please don't do this icky stuff any more'.
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I would ball it up, punt it into a dumpster and film it, then send said footage to the NCAA.
Make sure Kenny Allen does it, not o'neal.
What? There are rules?
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What? There are rules?
Yes. No double posts allowed
It just means more.
You can’t fool me, that’s Phat Phil.
Off to McDonald's
NCAA timing is again, laughable. Players are now getting ‘legal’ eight figure contracts, and thusly the NCAA presents cheating data in the low five figure range. This whole current picture with college sports remains surreal.
They are probably going to get a very stern WRITTEN warning! That'll teach em!
Who even cares with NIL now? It's sort of like saying a political candidate smoked pot when they were young. Everyone else was too back then and now it is legal.
You didn’t inhale amiright?
IRS is going to come down on the prospects' families for not reporting the income.
Well they wouldn’t it to get out that they allow people to cheat on their taxes now would they?
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We don't know that they didn't report it.
I for one report all of my income from illegal activities such as the money I've embezzled from my employer over the years and the bribes I've taken to ensure that contracts are awarded properly. See IRS Publication 17.
I have forwarded your post to the IRS, just to make sure you're not bs'ing us.
Is $12,500 the yearly limit for non-taxable monetary gift(s)? This number rings a bell for me. You can gift someone up to $12,500 in one year and that person will not have to pay taxes on the money. MGoAccountants?
$16,000.00 per annum, per person, per grantor. (Not a CPA)
;-)
I'm sure there will be a very stern letter sent by the NCAA when it's all said and done, probably strong words like 'shame on you' and 'please don't do this icky stuff any more'.
Nope - you missed the money part. The NCAA actually "commended" Tennessee for their "openness" during the process and declined to charge them with "lack of institutional control".
What a joke
Ha ha. Nice. I wish I had employers like that. Just pat me in the back for my openness and allow me to go back to my desk and work on my next violation.
Why would they get hit with lack of institutional control? The Head Coach had complete control over the entire situation...
And UT commended itself, too, for being so cooperative in working, once caught, with the NCAA. And I wonder why my daughter is such a cynic.
LOL, what's the NCAA gonna do? 3 years from now, bring down sanctions? Likely the P5 will break off by then and if not, Tenn can simply ignore the sanctions. The SEC would circle the wagons around one of it's own. Nothing will come of this.
exactly. Now is the right time for all the SEC transgressions to be brought to the fore
What did Pruitt do that pissed off Saban this much?
This one wins
And here I thought Tenn was the class of the SEC, turns out they're just another one of the guys....
I thought that was supposed to be Vanderbilt....
I thought that was supposed to be Vanderbilt....
EDIT: what Magic said above. (I woulda said it first but Magic_Fan is magic.)
More than a sternly worded letter, the article says the NCAA "commended" Tennessee for cooperating.
Hell they might be given extra scholarships for being so commendable..
Gotta think there was a disgruntled source within the U-Tenn athletic department who volunteered that information to the NCAA
...and Peyton Manning is still runner-up.
So they were paying people to be Volunteers?
Im SHOCKED a SEC school CHEATING...no WAY!!!
I almost don’t blame Pruitt or Tennessee for cheating. The way he must’ve looked at it, what did he have to lose?
Tennessee has grossly underachieved for the better part of two decades. It hangs its hat on a QB who accomplished far more in the pros than he did in college (sound familiar?). It can’t beat its most important rival, Florida, and has done so maybe once in the last 10-15 years. It’s other rival, Alabama, looks at you as a glorified scrimmage. You’re light years away from the top dog in the East, Georgia, and all the while you’re dealing with a restless fanbase that has Alabama expectations for a program that plays like Nebraska. You haven’t sniffed the SEC title game in nearly 15 years.
Shit, I might as well cheat. If I don’t perform, Tennessee is going to fire me in 2-3 years anyway. What do I have to lose?
Tennessee has beaten Florida once since 2005 and 10+ games once over that span as well. And when it pertains to Florida, the Gators haven't been world beaters over that stretch. It's gotta be hard for the UT coach to have to meet wholly unrealistic expectations held by the fanbase, and so yeah why not cheat. The worst that happens is you get fired.
Not JUST what did he have to lose...what other choice did he have?
1) shrug emoji; 2) If anyone in the SEC was going to get popped, Tennessee is probably the better sacrifice at this stage - assuming there are actual penalties.
I'd be very worried if I were Middle Tennessee St. right now....
NCAA
Agreed. NCAA is toothless and incompetent.
Yawn……. Nothing will happen to them
"None of the people named in the allegations work any longer for Tennessee: they were either fired or left on their own after the university began its own investigation in November 2020. Tennessee ultimately fired Pruitt for cause, an unusual move at the highest level of college athletics, and a decision that could be a major factor in limiting the punishment for the football program."
Honestly this is brilliantly played by Tennessee.
The get to dump their losing coach (3-7 in 2021) and avoid paying the rest of his contract by claiming that the dismissal was for "cause". By openly sharing evidence with the NCAA they bolster their case for just cause dismissal AND get to avoid any harsh sanctions against the program going forward.
That's an absolute win-win scenario. Tennessee's AD has to be cackling his ass off right now.
Is there any other program that cheats so much yet achieves so little?
Ole Miss is certainly up there
16 wins. 18 Level I violations. Nice record!