Report says Tennessee flew Nico Iamaleava on a private jet for a recruiting visit
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that part of the new NCAA investigation into the Tennessee Vols' NIL dealings center on a booster group allegedly flying Nico Iamaleava to Knoxville for a recruiting visit. From The New York Times: The investigation is focused in part on the use of a private jet by a […]
The New York Times reported on Tuesday that part of the new NCAA investigation into the Tennessee Vols' NIL dealings center on a booster group allegedly flying Nico Iamaleava to Knoxville for a recruiting visit.
From The New York Times: The investigation is focused in part on the use of a private jet by a so-called donor collective to fly a high-profile recruit — now the school’s starting quarterback — to campus while the university was wooing him.Having the booster group pay for the trip by the quarterback, Nico Iamaleava, would be a violation of N.C.A.A. rules. The inquiry comes after the N.C.A.A. penalized Tennessee for different recruiting violations and signals the N.C.A.A.’s growing concern about the scale and influence of the money being injected into college sports by donor collectives.
The report from the New York Times, a publication that doesn't tend to pay much attention to Tennessee athletics, is certainly interesting.
One of the reporters is Michael Schmidt, an investigative reporter for the New York Times covering Washington DC.
David Fahrenthold is an investigative reporter for The New York Times that previously worked for The Washington Post for 22 years.
NCAA president Charlie Baker is the former governor of Massachusetts and almost certainly has plenty of Washington DC contacts.
Baker and Fahrenthold are both Harvard graduates.
Iamaleava's rumored NIL contract, for what it's worth, was written in such a way that it didn't promise "pay for play".
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