More:<\/strong>Why Tennessee football could avoid NCAA hammer in Jeremy Pruitt recruiting scandal<\/em><\/p>\n\u201cWhile NCAA bylaws prohibit the university from publicly commenting about the specific university has and will continue to seek a resolution of this case that is consistent with the NCAA’s new constitution and in the best interests of the University of Tennessee.<\/p>\n\n
In January, the NCAA ratified a new constitution that calls for individuals to be punished rather than \u201cstudent-athletes innocent of the infractions,\u201d and for postseason bans to be rarely implemented as penalties. <\/p>\n
Tennessee did not self-impose a bowl ban because it does not want to punish players for the actions of coaches and staff no longer in the program, though sources close to the situation told Knox News that Tennessee self-imposed restrictions last year on recruiting and scholarships without making a public announcement.<\/p>\n
Here are the 18 violations listed in the notice of clear: <\/p>\n
Violation 1 <\/h2>\n
From late July to mid-November 2020, six recruits made unofficial visits to campus and accepted cash or gifts during recruiting dead periods amid the COVID-19 pandemic. None of those recruits enrolled at Tennessee. <\/p>\n
Coaches Jeremy Pruitt, Ansley, Felton and Niedermeyer and recruiters Gunn, Boone and an unnamed student assistant arranged or provided $12,173 in hotel stays, meals, entertainment, transportation and team apparel. <\/p>\n
Also, Casey Pruitt arranged for a real estate agent to meet with a recruit’s family. <\/p>\n
Violation 2 <\/h2>\n
Jeremy Pruitt, Gunn, Boone and an unnamed booster arranged or provided a player $12,707 in hotel stays, meals, air mouse and other transportation, game day parking, furniture and household items from October 2018 to December 2020. <\/p>\n
That included Jeremy Pruitt paying $3,000 in cash to the player’s mother to assist paying debt for a medical bill. The gifts began when Tennessee was recruiting the prospect and continued after he enrolled and played for the Vols. <\/p>\n
Violation 3 <\/h2>\n
Casey Pruitt provided $12,500 in cash car payments \u2013 25 payments of $500 each \u2013 and $3,000 in cash rent payments for a player and his mother from September 2018 to March 2021. The gifts began during the prospect’s recruitment and continued after he enrolled and played for the Vols. <\/p>\n\n
That represented most of the $23,260 in impermissible inducements given to the player by Jeremy and Casey Pruitt, Felton, Niedermeyer and Gunn. The remainder included hotel stays, meals, entertainment, team apparel and game day parking. <\/p>\n
Notably, Casey Pruitt worked in Florida State’s NCAA compliance office in 2013 when she met Jeremy Pruitt, then the Seminoles’ defensive coordinator. She was tasked with verifying players’ eligibility and ensuring the athletics department followed NCAA rules. She also worked in Troy University’s compliance office. <\/p>\n
Violation 4 <\/h2>\n
Gunn and Hughes provided or arranged $1,983 to a recruit and his family from November 2018 to December 2019, including hotel stays, game day parking and team apparel. The recruit subsequently enrolled at Tennessee and played for the Vols. <\/p>\n
violation 5 <\/h2>\n
Niedermeyer and Gunn arranged or provided $2,463 to a recruit and his family from January to December 2019, including cash, hotel stays, entertainment, transportation and team apparel. <\/p>\n
Niedermeyer also paid the recruit $750 cash at his high school, provided more gifts during an unofficial visit and accompanied the recruit and his family on a flight to Knoxville for an official visit. The recruit did not enroll at Tennessee. <\/p>\n
Violations 6 and 7 <\/h2>\n
Gunn arranged or provided a combined $1,755 to two recruits and their families, including hotel stays, meals and game day parking. Both recruits enrolled at Tennessee and played for the Vols. <\/p>\n
Violation 8 <\/h2>\n
From January 2019 to November 2020, coaches and staffers provided $3,919 to 13 recruits and their families in cash, hotel stays, meals, entertainment, transportation and team apparel. Nine of the recruits enrolled at Tennessee, including six who played in games for the Vols. <\/p>\n\n
Jeremy Pruitt, Felton, Ansley, Gunn, Boone and Hughes arranged or provided the benefits. Coaches also made impermissible contact with one of the recruits during the COVID-19 recruiting dead period. <\/p>\n
Violation 9 <\/h2>\n
At least seven Tennessee football players were given $1,338 in cash from April to November 2020 for living expenses and other costs accrued from hosting prospects for impermissible recruiting visits during the COVID-19 dead period. <\/p>\n
Jeremy Pruitt, Niedermeyer, Gunn, Boone and an unnamed student recruiting assistant arranged or provided the payments. Four of the players played in games for the Vols. <\/p>\n
Violations 10-16 <\/h2>\n
Jeremy Pruitt, Felton, Niedermeyer, Gunn, Boone, Hughes and an unnamed student recruiting assistant were each assigned a Level I violation for unethical conduct. <\/p>\n
The investigation determined they knowingly provided impermissible inducements to recruits, provided false information to investigators and influenced others to do so. <\/p>\n
Violation 17 <\/h2>\n
The investigation determined that Jeremy Pruitt committed a violation involving head coach responsibility because he failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance in the football program and monitor staff from September 2018 to January 2021. <\/p>\n
That period spanned all but the first eight months of his tenure. <\/p>\n
Violation 18 <\/h2>\n
The investigation determined the university failed to monitor the football program’s recruiting plans to ensure the staff followed NCAA rules during Jeremy Pruitt’s tenure. However, the university was not found to have committed the worse violation of lack of institutional control. <\/p>\n
Cost of the case so far<\/h2>\n
Tennessee paid $1.12 million in legal fees to the firm Bond, Schoeneck & King from November 2020 to February 2022 to work on the NCAA case, according to invoices the university provided to Knox News after a public records request. The most recent fees, which are billed quarterly, are not yet available.<\/p>\n\n
It still pales in comparison to the $12.6 million buyout the university declined to pay Pruitt when he was fired for cause over the.<\/p>\n
Reach Adam Sparks at adam.sparks@knoxnews.com and on Twitter @AdamSparks.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The University of Tennessee now knows exactly what it’s up against in the NCAA investigation of football recruiting violations under fired coach Jeremy Pruitt. In a notice of violations presented Friday to the university, the NCAA lists 18s and almost $60,000 of cash or gifts provided to players and their families by Pruitt, his wife …<\/p>\n
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