KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Butch Jones stepped to the podium Tuesday prepared to answer the question he was fully expecting at SEC Media Days this week: “How has the Title IX lawsuit affected your program?”
Jones was in full deflection mode and said, among other things, that his program would still take the matter of assaults against women seriously.
What else can he say? His athletic director hung him out to dry from Day One. In truth, Tennessee’s Title IX lawsuit never had to happen. It could have been settled last year. AD Dave Hart chose to fight it before it eventually was settled last week.