{"id":23050,"date":"2022-07-23T06:18:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T06:18:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeremy-pruitt-tennessee-accused-by-ncaa-of-18-recruiting-violations\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T06:18:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T06:18:53","slug":"jeremy-pruitt-tennessee-accused-by-ncaa-of-18-recruiting-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/jeremy-pruitt-tennessee-accused-by-ncaa-of-18-recruiting-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Pruitt, Tennessee accused by NCAA of 18 recruiting violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"wpds-c-grBDNq hide-for-print mb-sm undefined\">\n<div class=\"PJLV PJLV-iAjpuP-css flex items-center pr-sm\" data-qa=\"article-actions\">\n<div class=\"wpds-c-fLphcs\"><button class=\"wpds-c-gNHrZC wpds-c-gNHrZC-bywHgD-variant-primary wpds-c-gNHrZC-biynoz-density-compact wpds-c-gNHrZC-hZSyid-isOutline-true wpds-c-gNHrZC-ejCoEP-icon-left wpds-c-gNHrZC-futxca-cv wpds-c-gNHrZC-ihhnWqF-css\"><button class=\"PJLV PJLV-igcOMTV-css\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 16 16\" fill=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" role=\"img\" class=\"wpds-c-coakfw wpds-c-efqEZa focus-highlight flex items-center justify-center brad-lg pointer transition-400 ease-in-out transition-colors\" aria-label=\"Comment on this story\" iconstyle=\"[object Object]\"><title>Comment on this story<\/title><path d=\"M14 14V2H2v9.47h8.18L12.43 13ZM3 10.52V3h10v9.23l-2.5-1.66Z\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p>Comment<\/p>\n<p><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"teaser-content grid-center\">\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">In a notice of detailing blatant recruiting violations, the NCAA outlined charges that include the distribution of about $60,000 of impermissible benefits to players and their families by former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt, his wife, his staff and at least one booster, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Of the 18 alleged Level I violations \u2014 the most serious in the NCAA&#8217;s classification system \u2014 in the report, sent to the school Friday, many outline thousands of dollars in inducements provided to recruits and their families in the form of cash, hotel stays and transportation during or after impermissible recruiting visits.  Others are related to unethical behavior in which Pruitt, his coaches and staff members are accused of knowingly providing inducements, then giving false information to investigators and persuading others to do the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Pruitt was fired in January 2021, two months after Tennessee launched an investigation.  He was 16-19 in three seasons.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">Brent Pry working to bring winning tradition back to Virginia Tech football<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">One violation in the NCAA&#8217;s notice accuses Pruitt, two recruiting staffers and a booster of providing $12,707 in hotel stays, meals, airfare, game-day parking, furniture and household items to a player from 2018 to 2020. Another alleges that Pruitt&#8217;s wife, Casey , $12,500 in car payments provided and $3,000 in rent payments to a player and his mother.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">In a third allegation, the NCAA reported that at least seven players were given $1,338 in cash from April to November 2020 for costs accrued while hosting recruits during impermissible visits amid the pandemic-induced recruiting dead period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">The NCAA did not find that Tennessee lacked institutional control, which may safeguard the program from the most crippling penalties.  The NCAA also credited Tennessee&#8217;s transparency, cooperation and efforts in promptly addressing the alleged violations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">\u201cReceipt of our Notice of Allegations was an expected, requisite step in this process \u2014 a process our university initiated proactively through decisive and transparent actions,\u201d Athletic Director Danny White said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Brett_McMurphy\/status\/1550549951855353859?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> Friday.  \u201cThis moves us one step closer to a final resolution.  Until we get to that point, I am unable to discuss the case in any detail.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Across the 18 violations, some players who received inducements never played for the Volunteers, and others never enrolled.  All of the accused individuals were fired or left the school after it began its investigation in November 2020.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Two months later, Tennessee fired Pruitt for cause alongside two assistant coaches and seven staff members.  Phillip Fulmer, previously the school&#8217;s longtime football coach and at that time its athletic director, stepped down in a concurrent move.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p><span class=\"font--article-body font-copy hide-for-print ma-0 pb-md db italic interstitial\">New Virginia football coach Tony Elliott has players buying in early<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">At the time, Fulmer and Chancellor Donde Plowman signed a letter sent to Pruitt that said his \u201cfailure to promote and maintain an atmosphere of compliance and to monitor the activities of the coaches and staff members that report, directly or indirectly, to you has led to the current NCAA investigation and is bringing and will likely continue to bring the University into considerable public disrepute, embarrassment, contempt, scandal, and\/or ridicule.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-qa=\"article-body\">\n<p data-qa=\"drop-cap-letter\" data-el=\"text\" class=\"font-copy font--article-body gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md\">Josh Heupel replaced Pruitt and went 7-6 in 2021, including 4-4 \u200b\u200bin SEC play.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"b bt bc-offblack dn-ns hide-for-print\" data-testid=\"mostRead\" subscriptions-section=\"content\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment on this story Comment In a notice of detailing blatant recruiting violations, the NCAA outlined charges that include the distribution of about $60,000 of impermissible benefits to players and their families by former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt, his wife, his staff and at least one booster, according to multiple reports. 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