Tennessee fires Bruce Pearl

[M&M Guy]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

If Pearl's tape was illegal, isn't it up to UI to press for charges? IIRC, he wasn't even so much as reprimanded from that angle.

From what I remember, the laws in IA were/are different than IL about wiretapping, and thus it would've been a difficult prosecution based on jurisdictions, available evidence, etc.

The whole process was started as a result of Pearl having a tape of a recruit admitting that IL offered him a specific amount of cash, and a car. How much more of a major violation can there be? This isn't accidentally speaking to a recruit on the wrong day of the week. Play the tape in a news conference and IL will be knocked back down to Division 3 status. But yet, none of that was part of the final findings. Not a single mention. Even with the NCAA's version of justice. How come?

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

The difference, of course, is that the NCAA doesn't operate under the same rules of evidence and presumption of innocence as the US Justice System. More like Haazard County, IMO.

Agreed, hence the same disdain for the NCAA. I believe the NCAA even said outright in their news conference that even though they couldn't prove anything, they still felt IL was guilty. If that isn't Hazzard Co.-like, I don't know what is...