The Tennessee Volunteers are currently under investigation by the NCAA for alleged recruiting violations related to the name, image, and likeness rules and regulations – a move which then led to a court case about the overall legality of those NIL rules. But it doesn’t sound like the team is spending all that much time worrying about it as they head into spring practice.
During a recent interview with On3’s J.D. PicKell, Tennessee Volunteers head coach Josh Heupel said that the team briefly mentioned the investigation and court case during a team meeting, but they don’t plan on spending a lot of time worrying about that as the prepare for next season.
“Real quick, touched on it in a team meeting, realistically, probably for less than than a minute and moved on,” Heupel said on The Hard Count according to On3. “All of our preparation and our focus has been on getting ready for spring ball here. We … will finish up here on Friday, the end of our first quarter of our offseason work. The guys have been fantastic. These guys are focused on what matters.
“And we have great leadership here at the University of Tennessee – Chancellor Plowman, athletic director Danny White – and got great trust in them.”
We’ll have to see how the whole situation ultimately plays out for Tennessee.
[On3]
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