Tennessee is the latest school to be facing a potential NCAA investigation related to NIL tactics on the recruiting trail.

According to reports, the NCAA is looking into details regarding Nico Iamaleava’s recruitment. Iamaleava is a former 5-star recruit who is slated to start at quarterback for Tennessee in 2024.

As a result of the reported investigation, attorney Tom Mars released a statement on behalf of the Spyre Sports Group — the NIL collective that is being examined by the NCAA in this matter.

In the statement below, Spyre Sports Group denies any agreement with Iamaleava was contingent upon him attending Tennessee. Here’s an excerpt from the statement:

“The agreement required Spyre to protect the value of Nico’s NIL rights and specifically stated that “nothing in [the] agreement constitutes any form of inducement to ATHLETE to enroll at any school and/or join any athletic team.”

In short, the agreement was fully consistent with then-existing NCAA NIL “guidelines” and had nothing to do with recruiting Nico to the University of Tennessee or any other school.”

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Mars has represented numerous athletes in universities in cases against the NCAA in previous years.

A letter written to the NCAA by Tennessee chancellor Donde Plowman referred to the investigation as “factually untrue and procedurally flawed.” Details of the letter were obtained and published by ESPN on Tuesday.

Iamaleava made his first career start in Tennessee’s 35-0 win over Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. He threw for 151 yards and 1 touchdown in the win while adding 3 more scores on the ground.

It’s only been a few months since Tennessee’s most recent dust-up with the NCAA reached its conclusion. In the end, Tennessee received only minor sanctions — and crucially avoided a postseason ban — for infractions committed during the Jeremy Pruitt era.