According to Pat Forde of SI, the Tennessee Volunteers are the subject of another NCAA investigation into possible rules infractions.
Forde cites sources to suggest that the infractions are “major” in magnitude, spanning several sports with negligible benefits for players.
According to The New York Times, the probe centers on the use of a private jet by a group of donors to transport a prominent prospect, Nico Iamaleava, who is currently the starting quarterback, to the institution during his recruitment process.
Paying for Iamaleava’s trip would be an NCAA violation.
The Volunteers were penalized last summer for more than 200 rules infractions in the football program in which the NCAA Committee on Infractions said the case was “one of the worst the COI has seen.”
Tennessee acknowledged the investigation to “SI” but said it has not received a notice of allegations.
“With rare exceptions, the NCAA does not comment on current, pending or potential investigations due to confidentiality rules put in place by member schools,” associate director of communications Meghan Durham Wright told SI
Forde reports, citing sources, Tennessee doesn’t believe it has committed any violations.
In July, former Tennessee coach Jeremy Pruitt received a six-year show cause order for what the NCAA Committee on Infractions termed “aggravated” violations during his tenure in Knoxville.
