Tennessee linebacker Arion Carter’s NCAA suspension has been reduced from two games to one, UT athletic director Danny White said.Carter will be available for Tennessee’s Week 2 game at Georgia Tech, but White still said he opposed any punishment for Carter.“Arion doesn’t deserve this unnecessary distraction,” White posted on X. “He is everything that is right about college sports, a team leader who has already earned his degree.”After Carter elected to enter the NFL Draft this offseason, he accepted a flight from an agent valued at $427.48.However, amid Carter’s draft preparation, his team discovered a toe injury that required surgery, which would have prevented him from working out in front of NFL teams for several months. Carter withdrew from the draft before the deadline for underclassmen to decide and repaid the money before “disengaging” from the agent, Tennessee told the NCAA.Tennessee coach Josh Heupel previously called the punishment “outdated” and “bull—-.”“While I strongly agree with Josh Heupel’s comment about how ridiculous this is in our current environment, 1 game is better than 2,” White wrote on Tuesday. “If players around the country are allowed to leave NFL camps and play college football, the NCAA should do the right thing and drop it all altogether.”