Who is in greater danger: Tennessee football or the NCAA?

Tennessee is under NCAA investigation. Again. 


This time, the investigation involves potential violations to the
NCAA’s flimsy NIL guidelines. And, this time, Tennessee is
fighting back. 


UT Chancellor Donde Plowman has her elbows sharpened for this
fight, and so does Vols AD Danny White. Perhaps more importantly,
the Tennessee attorney general, Jonathan Skrmetti, is suing the
NCAA. The lawsuit alleges that the NCAA's NIL guidelines violate
the Sherman Antitrust Act and unlawfully restrict athletes'
ability to monetize their name, image and likeness.


On today's episode, hosts Blake Toppmeyer, Adam Sparks and John
Adams unpack the investigation and the lawsuit and what they
could mean – for the Vols and the NCAA.


This investigation comes on the heels of a separate investigation
in which the NCAA determined 18 Level I violations occurred
during Jeremy Pruitt's coaching tenure.


If the NCAA finds that Tennessee committed NIL violations, it may
intend to impose harsh penalties, because the Vols would be a
repeat offender. However, the NCAA routinely loses in court, and
if it loses the judgement in this lawsuit, that could further
hamstring the NCAA's ability to enforce its NIL guidelines.


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