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Pat Dye Field => War Damn Eagle => Topic started by: Townhallsavoy on August 24, 2011, 05:13:19 PM

Title: National Publicity Matters
Post by: Townhallsavoy on August 24, 2011, 05:13:19 PM

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"However, the committee was troubled by the number and nature of the secondary infractions by the football coaching staff during its one-year tenure at the institution," the report says. "Some of the violations received nationwide publicity and brought the football program into public controversy. This is not a record of which to be proud."

http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/08/ncaa_punishes_former_tennessee.html

Why PR and news outlets have anything to do with NCAA violations is unbeknownst to me.  Either the violation occurred or it didn't.  Public perception shouldn't even be a passing thought.