Vols Avoid Major Sanctions, Not Pearl

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The end of the University of Tennessee's nearly 28-month stay in NCAA purgatory has finally arrived. And the Volunteers will not face any additional judgment from college athletics' governing body Wednesday when its findings are made public.

Tennessee's dismissal of former basketball coach Bruce Pearl and his coaching staff, as well as the school's self-imposed probation and penalties, have been enough to satisfy the NCAA's more than two-year investigation into the Volunteers' athletics programs. Neither the Vols' football nor basketball programs will receive additional penalties, a monumental accomplishment for a UT athletics program that had endured seemingly endless bouts of misdeeds, turnover and bad publicity. Tennessee has an active search for a permanent athletics director and is on its second coach in football, basketball and baseball since the NCAA probe began in April 2009.

Sources with intimate knowledge of the NCAA's now-completed investigation into the Tennessee programs told VolQuest.com Tuesday evening that the school's self-imposed penalties --- the most notable of which was two years' probation for the athletics department --- had satisfied the NCAA from a punishment standpoint. The school also docked some recruiting visits during the spring evaluation period for its football coaches and barred basketball coaches in the coming year from providing off-campus meals.

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This is good to hear.

 

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And USC fans have to feel good about this as well. Hopefully we can put all of this behind us and move on.