The University of Tennessee Chancellor, Donde Plowman, has launched a scathing attack on the NCAA President, Charlie Baker, in a letter released on Tuesday. In the letter, Plowman criticizes the NCAA for pursuing allegations that the university violated rules pertaining to name, image, and likeness (NIL) compensation for athletes. She accuses the NCAA of creating 'extraordinary chaos' with its vague and contradictory guidance on NIL over the past two and a half years.
Plowman acknowledges that the NCAA listened to Tennessee's arguments and agreed to evaluate them but decries the enforcement staff's pursuit of infractions cases as 'intellectually dishonest.' She points out that the NCAA is acting as if students have no NIL rights or as if institutions are intentionally violating a set of clear and unchanging rules.
