Tom Mars knows that many interested parties want to know the details. He’s just not interested in their opinions or desires.



“The only people whose opinions matter to me are the people in Indianapolis on the (NCAA’s) legislative relief staff,” said Mars, the lawyer who is aiding Tennessee in offensive lineman Cade Mays’ efforts to gain immediate eligibility after transferring from Georgia earlier this month rather than having to sit out the 2020 season.



Mars is well aware that his refusal to provide further details produces an information vacuum that interested onlookers are more than willing to fill with speculation he says is uninformed.



First off, about that $3.5 million lawsuit Cade Mays’ father filed against Georgia and a chair manufacturer?



“It won’t play any role” in Mays’ waiver case, Mars said.



Mars is uninvolved in that suit and said Thursday he had yet to read the suit,...