Bruce Pearl Suspended

[TennGentry]

Pearl will be suspended the first 8 league games. Ouch.

 

[andymuffins]

WHAT?! Source?

 

[MTSUDaff]

My friend just texted me this. WTF? I thought the NCAA handed down punishment. Anyone have a link to SEC jurisdiction on these types of matters?

 

[Vols420]

clay travis has tweeted it as well

 

[LWSVOL]

WHAT?! Source?

the SEC is the source

 

[BlueHalo]

I would consider this getting off easy. You guys are mad?

 

[Special Ed]

Mike Slime rears his ugly head once again.

 

[andymuffins]

LWS, is this the ruling for his NCAA infractions? If this is the worst to happen coming out of this mess then I'm fine with it.

 

[LawVol]

This is an SEC suspension, not from NCAA.

Sources: SEC suspending Pearl for 8 league games - CBSSports.com

Mike Slive: “I am extremely disappointed in the nature of the violations involving Coach Pearl and the Tennessee men’s basketball program."

 

[AJeray4TN]

Does this at least mean it's all over?
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[TennGentry]

Yeah, could be worse, but I'm sure there's more to come.

 

[MTSUDaff]

Just even more great news to go along with the fact that UT is stalling on signing his new contract until they get the official letter of inquiry from the NCAA.

 

[Hardwood_fanatic]

Does this at least mean it's all over?
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Nope.

 

[tigervol9802]

if the league is levying this, I'd guess there'd be a lot more to come.

 

[AJeray4TN]

WTF? Were they expecting an SEC punishment AND an NCAA punishment?
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[Slydell]

Apparently, the SEC can move fast when they want to.
Edit=SEC not NCAA

So, what else is to come of this?

 

[homefry20]

This suspension is the SEC ruling on its own. This has absolutely no relation to the future NCAA sanctions.

Gary Parrish comments as well: Sources: SEC suspending Pearl for 8 league games - CBSSports.com

 

[andymuffins]

I find this ridiculous since the infraction committee hasn't met yet.

 

[zjcvols]

This makes no sense.

 

[manfromtn]

With all that has been self-imposed and now what the SEC has imposed, I would bet whatever the 'AA decides, it won't be much more, if anything. I am satisfied with this decision.

 

[mtt2d]

This is what happens when you lie to investigators.

 

[Duckhook]

I can't believe he still has a job. This level of reprimand having to be handed down by the league certainly doesn't bode well for the Institutional Control question before the NCAA.

 

[NYYVol]

Is there a precedent for this anywhere?
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[AJeray4TN]

Since when does does the SEC do this? When they are trying to deflect attention away from the Camburglar debacle?
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[hatvol96]

Slive continues to work on his resume for the next NCAA Presidential search.