Letter: Vols' Pearl knew hosting recruits was violation

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl said details of NCAA violations made public in a letter released Friday were not new to him or investigators.

The university on Friday released a Sept. 9 letter from athletics director Mike Hamilton informing Pearl his contract would be terminated because he knowingly violated NCAA rules.

"Everything we're dealing with is stuff that we've known about for a long time," Pearl said.

The letter states Pearl told men's basketball recruits and their families that a visit to his home for a team cookout would be an NCAA violation. He also told the recruits and their families he would not tell anyone about the violation and asked that they not tell anyone.

Tennessee is under investigation by the NCAA because of that encounter and because of other potential violations, including excessive phone calls made by Pearl and his staff to recruits and coaches signing off on official visits made by recruits to Knoxville that were longer than allowed by the NCAA.

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