Tennessee under NCAA investigation over use of recruiting hostesses

#76
#76
I think this is a publicity stunt by CLK. Remember, "No publicity is bad publicity". Don't worry.
 
#77
#77
Nothing will come of this. It's just the big bad NCAA flexing their muscles due to our secondary violations.

Gary Willis, the father of Brandon Willis, said in a telephone interview Tuesday night that the N.C.A.A. had interviewed his son about the girls’ trip to the game. He said the girls met his son at Tennessee’s football camp last summer and told them that they would attend a game at Byrnes High, which generally has one of the best teams in the country.

Gary Willis said that the trip was not orchestrated by Tennessee’s coaches or staff.

“It was nothing planned on no one’s part,” he said of the girls’ visit.
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blueraiderfan07 said:
Want to know how overblown the rules are? My nephew is a freshman football player in high school. He wants to go to my alma mater's bowl game. I can't take him or buy tickets because I am a athletic sponsor (donor). If I do, it would be considered a secondary violation, even though I am his uncle. Because in the NCAA eyes, I would be persuading him to 'attend' my alma mater. In my eyes, I just am taking my nephew to a football game for him to enjoy. Very picky with their rules.
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Kinda like with Micheal Oher in the Blind Side? Except of course to a greater extent because he was living with them. That sucks though.
 
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blueraiderfan07 said:
Want to know how overblown the rules are? My nephew is a freshman football player in high school. He wants to go to my alma mater's bowl game. I can't take him or buy tickets because I am a athletic sponsor (donor). If I do, it would be considered a secondary violation, even though I am his uncle. Because in the NCAA eyes, I would be persuading him to 'attend' my alma mater. In my eyes, I just am taking my nephew to a football game for him to enjoy. Very picky with their rules.
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Please. Can fathers not take kids? Where is that line drawn?
 
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g8terh8ter_eric said:
Maybe so, but even our AD has admitted it's on going. Doesn't seem too horsecrap at this point, but I hope it is.
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No one admitted to anything. MH acknowledged that an investigation is ongoing - nothing more.

This is how blown out of proportion rumors get started. Some jerk is going to quote this and its going to run like wild fire.

Apparently they're mining this (and other?) boards for info, so lets be more careful with our reactions.

In regards to what they're looking into, I can't imagine that anyone employed by the university would encourage something like this. I highly doubt anyone in a power position knew anything about any of the alleged visitations.
 
#83
#83
I'm seriously debating deleting my VolNation account for I fear I will commit suicide with all this bad news. But in all honesty, even if this proves to be nothing, what they hell with all the bad news?
 
#84
#84
So the NCAA routinely reads our message boards. People might want to think about the stories they tell and the type of praises they sing. The fact that they even beleive what they read on here is a sign that they are looking at us through the cross hairs. I still do not see how they can substantiate what they are purporting to be truth.
 
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#85
g8terh8ter_eric said:
What's your official comment Freak?? I'll hang up an listen. :)
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I'm just pointing out, where you seem to want to blame the fans, I would add that it's not like the hostesses were trying to be discreet. Allegedly holding up signs and posting pictures on facebook doesn't exactly classify this as a covert operation.
 
#87
#87
This is BS i'm tired of the NCAA rules and regulations and that idiot Slive. This has been a rough week but they can't keep down the vols.
 
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#89
BigPapaVol said:
The national enquirer is too. Ditto Dan Rather.
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The fact that the story is being done by the NYT doesn't automatically make it garbage. Regardless, the fact that it is being done by the NYT means it will most assuredly reach the homes of way more people than we want. Lets hope its not true and the NYT will give as much notoriety to the fact that they were incorrect, but I'm not putting my money on that happening.
 
#91
#91
From what I have heard and been told in the past by people in and around the program and people directly associated with the hostesses and their transgressions, to put it lightly this could be really really bad. Due to the message board comment on the NYtimes articls, i'm declining to say anything more
 
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#92
vol_freak said:
I'm just pointing out, where you seem to want to blame the fans, I would add that it's not like the hostesses were trying to be discreet. Allegedly holding up signs and posting pictures on facebook doesn't exactly classify this as a covert operation.
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I don't know of many other places where I have seen people praise young women for helping us land recruits. I know, obviously I am in the minority here, but sometimes people just go overboard when trying to be cute and speculative, IMO.
 
#94
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blueraiderfan07 said:
Want to know how overblown the rules are? My nephew is a freshman football player in high school. He wants to go to my alma mater's bowl game. I can't take him or buy tickets because I am a athletic sponsor (donor). If I do, it would be considered a secondary violation, even though I am his uncle. Because in the NCAA eyes, I would be persuading him to 'attend' my alma mater. In my eyes, I just am taking my nephew to a football game for him to enjoy. Very picky with their rules.
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And for his sake I'm glad you didn't post his name or your alma bc that would get dug up from the int in what ...4 yrs. Good thinking! =)
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#95
#95
allvol17 said:
No one admitted to anything. MH acknowledged that an investigation is ongoing - nothing more.

This is how blown out of proportion rumors get started. Some jerk is going to quote this and its going to run like wild fire.

Apparently they're mining this (and other?) boards for info, so lets be more careful with our reactions.

In regards to what they're looking into, I can't imagine that anyone employed by the university would encourage something like this. I highly doubt anyone in a power position knew anything about any of the alleged visitations.
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I assume by 'it' he meant the investigation. That's the way I interpret it.
 
#96
#96
BigPapaVol said:
Please. Can fathers not take kids? Where is that line drawn?
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Exactly. It's not as though I am a family friend. I am part of the family. It makes no sense for some of these rules. I could go on and on. It's just rather dumb on how careful I have to be at work. One slip up and uh oh the NCAA is after me for rubbing my hair the wrong way. :nono:
 
#98
#98
SamRebel35 said:
+1 This story is as juicy as it gets. All the editor sees is ..."The University, whose coach has been a lightning rod for controversey, is being investigated for possible mis-use of extremely hot college chicks in a ploy to snag recruits". It practically sells itself.
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I go with this one. Heck, they institued the "Saban" rule for his ability to skirt rules. Spurrier use to do the same. I am certain Kiffin dances in the gray area. And I am sure he learned it at USC. Kiffin is a figure out there in the college sports world. His staff is sought after. His recruiting classes will be strong. His recruiting coordinator had a book written while following him around for a season. Heck, even his wife is hot. A article about him and UT will sell.
 
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#99
whatcanbrowndo4u said:
This is BS i'm tired of the NCAA rules and regulations and that idiot Slive. This has been a rough week but they can't keep down the vols.
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Kiffin may have said things for publicity, but sometimes karma can come back and bite you. I bet Jim Rome will do his Karma sketch tomorrow about this.
 
#100
#100
This isn't anything new. They used these girls during Fulmer's tenure. Makes you wonder why now there is all this speculation.
 
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