Former Tennessee Volunteers head soccer coach Jeremy Pruitt has filed an enormous lawsuit towards the NCAA.
Within the lawsuit filed in DeKalb County, Alabama, Pruitt claims Tennessee and the NCAA conspired to make him the “sacrificial lamb” for guidelines violations that have been happening on the faculty earlier than his arrival. He additionally alleged that the investigation that led to his firing was rigged towards him in order that Tennessee wouldn’t should pay him the cash he was nonetheless owed.
In keeping with Pruitt, Tennessee was illegally paying gamers previous to his arrival, and that he knowledgeable athletic director Phillip Fulmer of that scenario. Fulmer allegedly assured Pruitt that the difficulty could be dealt with.
Pruitt was accused of illegally making cash payments to players and their households totaling round $60,000. As a part of the lawsuit, the ex-coach claimed that he was punished for giving gamers impermissible advantages after the US Supreme Courtroom had dominated that such advantages ought to be authorized.
Pruitt is looking for $100 million in misplaced wages from the NCAA.
