There have been plenty of opinions floating around about the NCAA investigation into the Tennessee Vols’ NIL dealings.
Some of those thoughts from national talking heads have focused on what kind of penalties Tennessee could be facing, instead of focusing on the absurdity of the investigation in general.
The Vols, after all, are facing an investigation that centers on an alleged trip by quarterback Nico Iamaleava on a private jet for a recruiting trip. Meanwhile, the rest of college football is littered with seven-figure NIL deals that players are receiving for transferring to a new program.
It’s probably the most frustrating part of the investigation for Tennessee fans — why come after the UT when the rest of the sport is openly paying players to play for programs?
As Tennessee Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote in her letter to NCAA president Charlie Baker, it’s intellectually dishonest for the NCAA to take this approach.
ESPN College GameDay host Rece Davis, an Alabama graduate, shared some thoughts on the situation this week and he applied some logic to the situation, questioning why the NCAA is coming after Tennessee in this current college football climate.