Rece Davis has weighed in on the NCAA investigation of Tennessee, and wants to see more information.

In an ever-evolving case, the NCAA even took the unusual step to release a statement about the issue, which was first reported on Tuesday.

Chancellor Donde Plowman wrote a letter to the NCAA on Monday and explained how it is a “failing” organization and pursuing “factually untrue and procedurally flawed” allegations that the school violated rules overseeing NIL compensation to athletes.

“I made that clear in the letter, and when you’re leading a university and someone attacks you, and makes an allegation that isn’t true, I will always respond,” she said Wednesday.

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The NCAA’s move appears to be part of a trend by the organization to crack down on NIL-related issues. Recently, it hit Florida State with an unprecedented infractions case tied to NIL-related recruiting violations. The NCAA handed down a 3-game suspension for an FSU assistant coach, 2 years probation, and a 3-year disassociation from a booster connected to a prominent collective tied to the school.

Davis on the “College GameDay” podcast with Pete Thamel outlined his perspective on the situation. He noted how this issue in general takes us back to a time before NIL when boosters worked to land players, and schools make it their business not to know what the boosters do.

“My knee-jerk reaction is why are you bothering with Tennessee on this?, and here’s the caveat I always offer, if you show me something egregious that’s clearly against the written rule, then I’m gonna say so,” Davis said. “But my knee-jerk reaction to this is why are you bothering with Tennessee on this? I mean, with everything going on around, how is it that this has been deemed to be, in fact against the rules, if in fact it is what some outlets have said that it centers around a private jet for Nico Iamaleava.”

Davis did everything but throw his hands in the air to suggest he was dumbfounded.

“What’s against the rules, what’s not,” Davis said. “Tennessee went so far as to say in the response to the NCAA, the letter, that we didn’t violate any rules, and you can’t enforce some retroactive rule that wasn’t against the rule then. It seems sort of silly, I don’t know why they’ve picked this particular story.”