The University of Tennessee is learns what punishments they will see from the NCAA’s investigation into the Jeremy Pruitt administration’s recruiting violations.
Tennessee is accused of 18 recruitment violations during Pruitt’s time on campus. Most of those violations centered on cash and gifts Pruitt and his team gave to potential players that totaled about $60,000.
The NCAA has ordered that UT will face five years of probation and a reduction in football scholarships.
They did not ban the Vols from postseason games. Instead, the school will pay $8 million in fines to quote “redress the severe and sustained misconduct.” That is the equivalent of the financial impact the school would have faced if it missed the postseason the next two seasons.
During the 2023-24 academic year, Tennessee shall forgo the purchase of advertising with all postseason broadcasts in which it is a participant.
Pruitt was fired for cause, earning the university praise from the NCAA.
