Tennessee football avoids bowl ban, fined more than $8M for NCAA Violations

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By Chris Low and Pete Thamel, ESPN: The Tennessee football program avoided a bowl ban but was fined more than $8 million by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions, which announced its punishment for the Volunteers on Friday after finding more than 200 individual infractions committed by the school.

Among the penalties handed down, Tennessee has been placed on five years’ probation, was given an $8 million fine among other financial penalties and will see a total reduction of 28 scholarships; the school was credited for its self-imposed 16-scholarship reduction over the past two seasons.

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Tennessee avoids bowl ban, fined over $8 million

Tennessee avoided a bowl ban but has been fined more than $8 million by the NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions stemming from violations committed during the tenure of former coach Jeremy Pruitt.

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