Either Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin didn't do his homework on the NCAA rulebook or he's a cheater. Maybe even a little of both.
Either way, Kiffin recently committed his sixth recruiting violation since becoming the head coach of Tennessee football.
His latest violation was video taping by media outlets of his meetings with future recruits. The funny part is it was taped by ESPN cameras for Outside the Lines.
I might have to give Kiffin a free pass on this one. The fact that even ESPN may not have been aware of this rule is pretty funny.
Kiffin is setting himself up for more and more pressure going into the upcoming season. He already has to deal with the Florida Gators being furious after he called out their coach as a cheater. He has also lost several recruits during the offseason.
Who knows, maybe Kiffin will turn out to be a good NCAA coach who can return this spiraling program to prominence once again. One thing is for sure, he has to stop with all the violations before the NCAA gets involved with this and starts a serious investigation.
All these violations, which have all been secondary violations, may not end up hurting the football program in the long-run. It is getting them a lot of attention on a national level.
However, if UT follows up these troubling offseason with another poor season like 2008, then Kiffin could face an enormous amount of scrutiny from a fan-base that has little patience.
Stay tuned for my SEC football preview which will be in a couple of weeks!!!!
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