NCAA charges Vols hoops, football with violations; Pearl, Kiffin cited

[madinmaryland]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The NCAA says both Tennessee basketball coach Bruce Pearl and former football coach Lane Kiffin committed recruiting violations and failed to promote an atmosphere of compliance of NCAA rules within their programs.

Following its 22-month investigation of the athletic program, the NCAA notified Tennessee of a dozen rules violations by the coaches, their assistants and the university itself in a letter released by the school on Wednesday. Kiffin, who is now at Southern California, received a separate notice of the allegations against him.

Tennessee's baseball program was included in the investigation, but was not accused of any violations.

The university has until May 21 to respond to the NCAA's allegations and is expected to appear at a June 10-11 meeting of the Committee on Infractions. A final decision by the NCAA and any sanctions likely would come several weeks after that.

Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/basketball/ncaa/02/23/tennessee.ncaa.ap/index.html#ixzz1EpWaMfrT


Hmmm. I thought there was something fishy about Kiffin going to Tennessee. Some people here didn't think so!