Illini Sports Blog

Big trouble for Tennessee's Pearl

- On Sept. 28, 2008, he organized a party at his house in which he violated NCAA rules by bringing recruits who were visiting Knoxville unofficially.

- Pearl announced to those recruits that they were violating NCAA rules by being there and told them not to tell anyone.

- On the day of his NCAA interview in June, Pearl twice called the father of a prospective student-athlete who was at his house, "creating the appearance you were trying to influence the father's statements to the NCAA."

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