Tennessee, Virginia AGs suing NCAA over NIL-related recruiting rules with Vols under investigation
The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed a lawsuit against the NCAA a day after the University of Tennessee’s Chancellor ripped the association for investigating the school for potential recruiting violations related to name, image and likeness compensation rules
The attorneys general of Tennessee and Virginia filed a lawsuit against the NCAA on Wednesday, a day after the University of Tennessee's chancellor ripped the association for investigating the school for potential recruiting violations related to name, image and likeness compensation rules.
The lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee claims the NCAA is “enforcing rules that unfairly restrict how athletes can commercially use their name, image and likeness at a critical juncture in the recruiting calendar."
“These anticompetitive restrictions violate the Sherman Act, harm the States and the welfare of their athletes, and should be declared unlawful and enjoined.”
On Tuesday, it was revealed the NCAA was investigating Tennessee and a booster-funded NIL collective that works with Volunteers athletes, the Vol Club run by Spyre Sports Group.
