Former Tennessee football coach Jeremy Pruitt has filed a lawsuit against the NCAA seeking $100 million and claims it conspired with the university to make him a "sacrificial lamb."
Pruitt was fired for cause by Tennessee in January 2021 and didn't receive any of his $12.6 million buyout money after an internal investigation revealed what chancellor Donde Plowman said were serious violations of NCAA rules. The NCAA on July 14, 2023 sentenced Pruitt to a six-year show cause penalty, including a yearlong suspension from coaching in games and recruiting off campus in his first year back should he return to coaching in college.