On April 26, 1961, the District Attorney’s Office for New York informed UT that two of its basketball players, Dick Fisher, a senior from Bemis, and Eddie Test, a junior from Chattanooga, were among nine players from five college teams involved in accepting bribes during the past basketball season. Neither Fisher nor Test was enrolled for the spring quarter, Fisher having made no attempt to enroll and Test having registered but withdrawn before the drop date. The Administrative Council ruled on April 27 that neither of the players could enroll at UT without the specific permission of the Administrative Council, and the action was noted on their permanent records.
Fisher, who had completed his basketball eligibility, was named in the indictment eight times, and Test was named once. Test claimed that he never accepted any money and gave an all-out effort on the court. He claimed that he had refused the bribery offer from Aaron Wagman and did not consider it important to report the bribery attempt. Both players were among those granted immunity from prosecution in return for their testimony for the prosecution.
The UT basketball team was not put on probation or suspended from intercollegiate participation on grounds that the institution had no knowledge of the illegal actions until after the close of the season.