"However, the committee was troubled by the number and nature of the secondary infractions by the football coaching staff during its one-year tenure at the institution," the report says. "Some of the violations received nationwide publicity and brought the football program into public controversy. This is not a record of which to be proud."
http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/08/ncaa_punishes_former_tennessee.htmlWhy PR and news outlets have anything to do with NCAA violations is unbeknownst to me. Either the violation occurred or it didn't. Public perception shouldn't even be a passing thought.