Tennessee is the epicenter of the next earthquake that could shake up college football again.
Fellow Fansided site Bama Hammer wrote this week that Greg Sankey should kick the Tennessee Volunteers out of the SEC, but that opinion piece could soon turn into facts. Now, even local Tennessee newspaper Knoxville News Sentinel has reported that there’s a looming possible cause for the Volunteers, and maybe even Vanderbilt, to get booted from the SEC because of a new state law and pending agreement among Power Four conference members.
New Tennessee law could force Volunteers out of conference
The House settlement that’s been pending for months would include a salary cap on direct school-to-player payment and roster limits. However, if athletes or university’s collectives sue over the new rules, which is expected, then Tennessee’s new state law opts in-state universities out of those rules and shifts liability toward the NCAA and conferences, according to Knoxville News Sentinel.
That means, when the House settlement passes, Tennessee could not have a salary cap and roster limits without penalty while the rest of the SEC and college sports does. That’s a clear unfair advantage. It would have Tennessee spending like the New York Yankees, while the rest of the SEC was left playing Moneyball like the Oakland Athletics…