NCAA is Absurd for Latest Jeremy Pruitt Violation

Weird NCAA rules have gotten Tennessee's head football coach in a bit of trouble.

Apparently a tweet that Jeremy Pruitt congratulating his high school alma mater, Plainville High School, on repeating as state champs was in violation of an NCAA social media rule. The tweet got taken down 37 minutes after Pruitt sent it out.

According to NCAA rules, the tweet was a violation because it was an endorsement of a high school team, of which Tennessee could conceivably recruit from.

As you can see, the tweet wasn't the first NCAA violation that Tennessee has committed this year. Across football, swimming, men's tennis, men's track and field, softball, rowing and soccer, Tennessee has committed nine Level III violations, which are all considered minor in the eyes of the NCAA.

Tennessee's compliance office had to provide further rules education for Pruitt and a social media staff member who approved the tweet. Luckily for Pruitt and the University of Tennessee, the tweet wasn't a major violation and did not land them any kind of significant punishment, and rightly so. By nature this is a ridiculous bylaw, as Pruitt was simply proud of his alma mater for their success in a different sport (basketball).

Both the SEC and NCAA took no further action against Pruitt or Tennessee for the tweet.