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Tennessee Football Conducted Recruiting ‘Scheme’ Including Cash Payments

Jul 14, 2023

On Friday, the NCAA announced the findings of its two-year investigation into the Tennessee football program for recruiting violations.

The Vols “operated a scheme” to entice recruits to come to the program between 2018-2020 that amounted to more than 200 individual NCAA infractions, according to a new report Friday.

Most of Tennessee’s infractions were related to cash payments to recruits, other “impermissible” benefits, and recruiting visits against NCAA policy. The report noted that head coach Jeremy Pruitt and his wife paid “substantial amounts of cash” to some of the recruits, amounting to more than $60,000.

Source: Front Office Sports

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