You had better not miss if you go after the Tennessee Vols.
This was a hard lesson for the NCAA to learn.
The NCAA began looking into Tennessee’s NIL transactions back in January. The NCAA believed that issuing UT with a notice of accusations would be the next step in the procedure. Rather, Tennessee filed a lawsuit against the NCAA. Additionally, a preliminary injunction was granted by a judge last month in this lawsuit, meaning that the NCAA is prohibited from enforcing any NIL rules during that time.
The NCAA is currently practically helpless in regards to NIL as a result of that sequence of events.
The NCAA is currently halting all NIL-related inquiries involving collectives as a result.
That complaint, then, that the NCAA wished to provide to Tennessee?
It won’t arrive. Not while the preliminary injunction is in effect, anyway. Furthermore, there is very little chance that Tennessee will be penalized for anything related to Nico Iamaleava’s NIL contract, which was the subject of the NCAA’s investigation, as it is extremely improbable that the NCAA will prevail in the lawsuit.
It’s still early to declare the Vols’ (and college football’s) victory. But before long, it won’t be.
