UNIV. of TENNESSEE ” HOSTESSES” SPARK NCAA INVESTIGATION OF RECRUITING VIOLATIONS
The Univ. of Tennessee is alleged to have being using up to 100 attractive co-ed hostesses to meet and greet recruits for UT athletic teams.  Have the Hostesses crossed the line?
A news report contained the following comments about the conduct of the hostesses:
“Keith Easterwood, a veteran summer basketball coach, said that on a visit last year with his son, a football recruit, he had to ask a hostess to stop brushing her breasts against both him and his son. He recalled saying, “Young lady, if you don’t stop doing that, we’ve got a problem.â€
Easterwood said that he took a group of basketball players to a Western Kentucky football game at Tennessee this year, and that the presence of the hostesses had his players “literally reduced to blubbering idiots.â€
“I’ve been up there five times, four for football and one basketball visit,†Easterwood said. “My observation is that this is a very organized operation. These girls have obviously been groomed. There’s a lot of eye contact and touching.—