Should the hostesses possibly post pictures of their recruiting tactics on the Tennessee message board?
Tennessee hostesses, described by the New York Times as “folk heroes on Tennessee Internet message boards” are at the center of the school’s latest football controversy. [This isn’t a photo of a football hostess; that’s Layla Kiffin, the coach’s wife. We can only imagine the hostesses look like a cross between these girls and this girl.] The NCAA is investigating the hostesses’ influence on recruits who have chosen to play football for Lane Kiffin for the Volunteers. Interviews with multiple recruits and their family members revealed that the N.C.A.A. has strong interest in Tennessee’s use of recruiting hostesses, students who are part of a formal group at the university that hosts all manner of prospective students at campus visits, including athletes. It is not clear whether the university sent the hostesses to visit the football players. Kiffin will deny any involvement, but we won’t believe it. Would hostesses really drive 200 miles to cheer on a recruit at a high school football g
This morning the New York Times reported that the NCAA is investigating Tennessee’s recruiting practices. The investigation centers on the Vol hostesses, Orange Pride, a group of undergraduate women who host recruits when they visit campus on official visits. Tennessee’s hostesses, who are, not surprisingly, attractive coeds, wear an easily identifiable sleeveless white-button down top with orange skirts. Now an NCAA investigation focuses on purported off-campus trips these women may have made to high school football recruits’ games and their relationships with those recruits. At least one hostess is alleged to have driven nearly 200 miles to James F. Byrnes High School in South Carolina and held up a sign encouraging players to join the Vols. Two of Byrnes’ standout defensive players, Brandon Willis and Corey Miller, have committed to Tennessee. Both men made their commitment public on September 12 in the wake of a visit to Tennessee’s campus for the UCLA football game. Is the NCAA’s
There are a number of hostesses that used a thread to discuss recruiting tactics on the Tennessee message board on VolNation.com. Of course, they should only give descriptions of what they do and not submit photos. Usually, describing them alone is enough.
