The scandal surrounding Rick Pitino’s suspension has Tennessee Vols fans angrier than ever about the inconsistency of the NCAA.
Pitino’s suspension stems from a prostitution scandal involving the school and his players. He got five games for that.
Meanwhile, Bruce Pearl suffered and eight-game NCAA suspension as Tennessee basketball’s head coach, was eventually fired, and then got hit by a three-year show-cause penalty. Why? Because he hosted a recruit at his house for a barbecue that had nearly 100 other people and then lied to the NCAA about it.
Major sports analysts like Clay Travis have rightly pointed out how ridiculous it is that lying about a barbecue could warrant a worse punishment than a prostitution scandal.