Tennessee’s lawsuit against the NCAA starts a public fight over how to enforce the rules.
For decades, most of the NCAA’s disciplinary process took place behind closed doors. If there was a disagreement between the group in charge of college sports along the schools that were being investigated, it was usually kept quiet until the case was almost over.
Those times are long gone. As an example, Tennessee is currently suing the NCAA with all the public’s wrath because of a growing case of violations that was first reported by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday.
The plan is to start a public relations campaign against an anonymous and unpopular administration that isn’t likely to fight back.
This will bring together a large and vocal support base and put more pressure on an already weak entity.
Politicians joined the fight a day after the school released a scathing letter from dean Donde Plowman in response to what was likely an NCAA Enforcement notice of allegations.
Jonathan Skrmetti, the attorney general of Tennessee, and Jason Miyares, the attorney general of Virginia, sued the NCAA for name, image, and likeness rules that they said were “anticompetitive” and broke the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Also, David Kustoff, a congressman from Tennessee, used the event to remind people that he introduced the National College Board Accountability Act a year ago to give people who are being investigated due process protections.
The joint lawsuit is the most recent legal attack on the NCAA. On that list is a lawsuit that was filed by the attorneys general of 10 states or the District of Columbia against the association’s transfer rules. Earlier in January, the Department of Justice joined that lawsuit.
Some former college athletes have filed civil suits against the NCAA. These suits are directly aimed at the NCAA’s income and are likely to have huge financial effects on the association.
This week’s events have been geared toward taking the fight to the NCAA about its capacity to enforce NIL rules. And making a lot of noise.
At the same time, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee spoke out on social media in support of Plowman and against the NCAA.
In a letter sent to NCAA president Charlie Baker on Monday, Plowman said that the investigation into the Volunteers by NCAA Enforcement is “factually false and procedurally flawed.”
The school sent the letter to the media soon after Sports Illustrated reported on the investigation, which reports say is mostly about athletes in multiple sports not getting any benefits.
For decades, most of the NCAA’s disciplinary process took place behind closed doors. If there was a disagreement between the group in charge of college sports as well as the schools that were being investigated, it was usually kept quiet until the case was almost over.
Those times are long gone. As an example, Tennessee is currently suing the NCAA with all the public’s wrath because of a growing case of violations that was first reported by Sports Illustrated on Tuesday.
The plan is to start a public relations campaign against an anonymous and unpopular agency that isn’t likely to fight back. This will bring together a large and vocal support base and put more pressure upon an already weak entity.
Politicians joined the fight a day after the school released a scathing letter from Chancellor Donde Plowman in response to what was likely an NCAA Enforcement notice of allegations.
Jonathan Skrmetti, the attorney general of Tennessee, and Jason Miyares, the attorney general of Virginia, sued the NCAA for name, image, and likeness rules that they said were “anticompetitive” and broke the antitrust laws of the United States.
At the same time, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee spoke out on social media in support of Plowman and against the NCAA.
Also, David Kustoff, a congressman from Tennessee, used the event to remind people that he introduced the National College Board Accountability Act a year ago to give people who are being investigated due process protections.
The joint lawsuit is the most recent legal attack on the NCAA. On that list is a lawsuit that was filed by the attorneys general of 10 states and the District of Columbia against the association’s transfer rules. Earlier in January, the Department of Justice joined that lawsuit.
Some former college athletes have filed civil suits against the NCAA. These suits are directly aimed at the NCAA’s income and are likely to have huge financial effects on the association.