KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Though Tennessee agrees with most of the allegations made against it by the NCAA, the university argued in its response to the association that some of the violations should be considered secondary instead of major.
The university also said it tried to do a better job monitoring the recruiting phone calls that got it into trouble.
In the response filed May 20 and released recently to media, the school says it considers the basketball staff’s impermissible off-campus contact – or violation of the NCAA’s “bump rule” – a secondary violation.
The school also says the approval of lodging expenses for three basketball recruits whose visits in Knoxville lasted longer than allowed and some impermissible calls made by former football coach Lane Kiffin’s staff should be considered secondary.
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