We don’t even know if Tennessee football was on board with this. But whether or not it was against their will is irrelevant. Either way, the NCAA has just done more to save the Vols as a program than any coach or athletic director ever could.
As the dominoes were already falling, NCAA officials voted unanimously to allow college athletes to profit off of their likeness Tuesday. With California already passing a law related to such an issue and other states following suit, it was only a matter of time before the organization decided to get involved so they could maintain a certain level of control over the situation.