FILE - A Tennessee cheerleader runs with a flag before an NCAA college football game against Vanderbilt Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, in Knoxville, Tenn. Tennessee has been in contact with NCAA investigators and a person with direct knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, the inquiry is into potential rules violations related to name, image and likeness compensation for multiple athletes.(AP Photo/Wade Payne, File)
FILE - NCAA signage outside the headquarters in Indianapolis, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Forced into yet another courtroom to defend its amateur model of athletics, the NCAA argued that shelving its rules against name, image and likeness compensation being offered to recruits would make an already difficult situation across the country even more chaotic. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)