![]() The mother of one player received $6,000 from Pruitt’s wife as a down payment on a car.Īfter the mother’s son signed with the Vols, Pruitt’s wife paid the woman $500 each month for car payments at least 25 times. ![]() The NCAA also found that Pruitt or his wife were involved in impermissible payments to two prospects who later signed with Tennessee. It involved at least a dozen members of the football staff, and the resulting violations included 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, according to the report. ![]() The NCAA found most of the violations were related to a paid unofficial visit scheme that was used consistently by the football program over two years. “The panel urges the Infractions Process Committee and the membership to clearly define its philosophy regarding penalties - which extends beyond postseason bans - and memorialize that philosophy in an updated set of penalty guidelines.” “The panel encountered a challenging set of circumstances related to prescribing penalties in this case,” it said in its decision. The NCAA praised Tennessee for its cooperation and the Vols escaped the postseason ban, but the infractions panel noted that decision was a difficult one given the circumstances. “It’s one of the largest cases this committee has ever adjudicated,” she said. ![]() Kay Norton, head of the panel that ruled on Tennessee, called the violations “egregious and expansive.” The sprawling report over 80 pages long said Tennessee committed 18 Level I violations, the most severe, and said most involved recruiting infractions and direct payments to athletes and their families - benefits that totaled approximately $60,000. (AP) - The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt. ![]()
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